Andromeda (andromeda)

[L., Gr. Av δρομέδη, in myth. daughter of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia, bound to a rock in order to be destroyed by a sea-monster, but rescued by Perseus; after death placed as a constellation in the heavens.] 1. A northern constellation, surrounded by Pegasus, Ca iopeia, Perseus, Pisces, Aries, etc., supposed to represent the figure of a woman chained. The constellation contains three stars of the second magnitude, of which the brightest is Alpheratz.-2. [NL.] IMG:content-0722.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small] a man, + μορφή, form.] Shaped like a