Andromeda Rock

This guide to Andromeda Rock in Jaffa opens with the Roman writer Pliny, who once stood on this shore and swore he could see scars from iron chains on the black rock offshore. It traces the Greek myth built around it: Queen Cassiopeia's boast about her daughter Andromeda's beauty, the sea god Poseidon's anger, and the monster he sent to tear apart this coastline. You'll hear how the city's oracles decided what to do about it, and how Andromeda ended up chained to the very rock in front of you. Stand here at low tide and watch the black shapes rise and sink with the water.