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Andromeda The Chained One: Greek Myth
The constellation I've chosen is Andromeda, "The Chained One". This was the first constellation pointed out to me when i was younger and my father was teaching me Greek Myths. He loved the Greco-Roman Civilizations, and taught me everything he knew about them. Andromeda was discovered by Ptolemy, and contains the Andromeda Galaxy.

The story surrounding Andromeda is a Greek myth. She was a young, beautiful princess that was to be sacrificed to a sea monster to repent for her father's crimes. She was chained to a rock by the ocean in an attempt to attract the sea monster. The young hero Perseus was returning from his quest to kill the beast Medusa when he saw her about to be killed, and swooped in to kill the sea monster. He rescued Andromeda

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