Andromeda (play) Menelaus arrives dressed in rags. He then uses a parody of "Andromeda" in which the kinsman as Andromeda laments his fate to the response of his echo, Euripides as Perseus arrives via the crane, and falls quickly in love with her. In the parody, Perseus' love as depicted in "Andromeda" is transformed to lust. Aristophanes also referenced "Andromeda" in his 405 play "The Frogs", where the god Dionysus states that while reading "Andromeda" he was smitten with longing for Euripides. It has been reported from antiquity that Alexander the Great was able to perform a portion of "Andromeda" by heart.
The Sea Monster bring motifs together in a single image. The abduction of a woman by a water-god is one of the oldest Greek mythological conceptions and a subject that fascinated men through to the Renaissance. Dürer adds a layer of complexity to the scene in that the woman does not seem too upset at her fate. Vasari gave an early description of the work, through a vague description of a picture of a nymph set in the ancient world. Recent interpretations mention the abduction of Scylla by the sea demon Glaucus, or the abduction of Hesione by a monster. Further speculation centres