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title: Perseus Defends Andromeda
author: Zde
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updated: 2023-06-19
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# Perseus Defends Andromeda
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/17552.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Perseus](https://www.worldhistory.org/Perseus/) defends [Andromeda](https://www.worldhistory.org/Andromeda/) from the monster Cetus by pelting it with stones. Corinthian black-figure [amphora](https://www.worldhistory.org/Amphora/) from [Cerveteri](https://www.worldhistory.org/Cerveteri/) ([Italy](https://www.worldhistory.org/italy/)), 575-550 BCE.
Altes Museum, Berlin.
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