Perseus and Andromeda depicted in the Roman fresco from the House of the Dioscuri (Casa dei Dioscuri) in Pompeii (1-79 AD), now on display in the National Archaeological Museum (Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) in Naples, Campania, Italy. This is the largest version of a subject found many times in the decoration of the Vesuvian cities. 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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