Andromeda

A tomboy princess who prides herself on her swimming ability. The princess of the land of Aethiopia, which may or may not correspond to the modern-day country Ethiopia. She is described within Greek mythology as a young girl offered up in sacrifice to a sea monster to appease the wrath of the gods after her mother, Cassiopeia, boasted her beauty (or in some sources, her daughter's beauty) surpassed that of all the maidens of the sea (Nereides), consequently incurring not only their wrath, but also that of Poseidon. Their country was assailed by a flood and the sea monster Cetus, and an oracle told her father CepheusWP that "only by sacrificing Andromeda to Cetus might you be forgiven". Ultimately, he bound Andromeda to a rock by the seaside using chains, choosing to sacrifice his daughter to the monster. Although she was terrified, Andromeda had planned on fighting Cetus herself like a hero, even if she didn't know how. And if she failed, she knew her parents would be spared because of her sacrifice. Only then did Perseus (having just slain Medusa) arrive and saved Andromeda by turning the monster to stone with Medusa's head. Later on, Perseus was attacked by Andromeda's former fiancé, Phineus, but he overcame even this trial by using the head of Medusa, and then returned to his native land, with Andromeda as his wife.