Andromeda (play) also prophesied that the descendants of Perseus and Andromeda would become the rulers of Mycenae. Little is known of treatments of the Andromeda myth prior to Euripides. However, Sophocles wrote a play entitled "Andromeda", which covered the same story and was believed to have been performed around 450 BC. Sophocles' "Andromeda" is now lost except for a few fragments. Euripides treated earlier aspects of the Perseus myth in his earlier plays "Danae" (between 455 and 425 BC), which covered Perseus' birth, and "Dictys" (431 BC), which covered his defeat of Medusa. Information about "Andromeda" is largely based on later sources,
Sea monster Sea monster Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or multi-armed beasts. They can be slimy and scaly and are often pictured threatening ships or spouting jets of water. The definition of a "monster" is subjective, and some sea monsters may have been based on scientifically accepted creatures such as whales and types of giant and colossal squid. Historically, decorative drawings of heraldic dolphins and sea monsters were frequently used to illustrate maps, such as the