Perseus and Andromeda depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of the Prince of Montenegro (Casa del Principe di Montenegro) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. The hero helps the young girl to climb down the rock to which she had been chained. He holds a sword in his left hand and the recently severed head of the Gorgon.

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