Astronomica (Manilius) god" and "the universe (microcosm) wishes to reveal itself to man". Most of the fifth (and final) book is a discussion of "paranatellonta" via the myth of Andromeda and Perseus. Manilius recalls how Andromeda was chosen to be sacrificed to a sea monster by her parents; Cepheus and Cassiopeia. Andromeda was chained to a cliff but before the creature could consume her, Perseus (who had just vanquished Medusa) arrived. He instantly fell in love with Andromeda, killed the sea monster, and saved the young woman's life. According to Green, the digression, which is by far the longest in the poem,
Hindsiclava andromeda do not become nodulous. The anal fasciole is narrow, concave, somewhat removed from the suture, the sulcus shallow. In the type specimen the outer lip is thin and sharp. The inner lip is erased, but if the specimen is immature the outer lip would probably be thickened with a subsutural callus in the adult. The white columella is straight, and attenuated in front. The siphonal canal is distinct and not recurved. This marine species occurs from to Sea of Cortez, Western Mexico to Panama Hindsiclava andromeda Hindsiclava andromeda is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the