Perseus and Andromeda among the Ethiopians, Joseph Anton Koch, 1768-1839, Drawing, Watercolor, Perseus, the son of Zeus and Danaë, is sitting in the foreground, leaning back and looking at the Ethiopian princess Andromeda. He has just freed Andromeda from the monster to which her father, King Cepheus, had sacrificed her in order to save the country. By his side, Perseus has his helmet, his seal and the severed head of the monster Medusa. In addition, he is wearing his winged sandals, which carry him over land and sea. The legend is set in Ethiopia

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