Andromeda

Andromeda House was named after Princess Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the Ethiopian king and queen of Greek mythology (in Ancient Greece the entire north coast of Africa was called Ethiopia).

One day Queen Cassiopeia boasted that she is more beautiful than the daughters of Poseidon, god of the sea. Poseidon was outraged and flooded the coast of the Ethiopian kingdom. He also sent a horrible monster to punish the humans. Cepheus and Cassiopeia learned from the Oracle that the only way they could get rid of the monster was to sacrifice their daughter. And so, to rescue his people, the Ethiopian king chained his daughter Andromeda to a rock near the beach, intending to sacrifice her to the monster. Perseus, the son of Zeus king of the gods, passed by and saw chained Andromeda. He fell in love with her and promised to kill the monster if Cepheus agrees to give him Andromeda as a wife. Perseus fought the monster mounted on Pegasus and turned the monster to stone with the hewn head of Medusa. After turning the monster to stone he released Andromeda and married her.

According to tradition, Andromeda House is located at the exact spot where Perseus first saw Andromeda chained to the rock. He fell in love with her there, and that is also where he took her after releasing her from the monster. To this day, opposite Andromeda House, you can see in the water the rock to which the beautiful princess was chained.