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Why was Andromeda to be sacrificed to a serpent?

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Poseidon sent a flood and a sea serpent to punish her. An oracle told Andromedas father to sacrifice Andromeda to the serpent to appease Poseidon.
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Andromeda’s mother had claimed to be more beautiful than a goddess.




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