Cassiopeia
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Cassiopeia is the queen of the Ethiopians who boasts that she is as beautiful as the Nereïds, provoking Poseidon's wrath. Her pride leads to a sea‑monster being sent to punish her kingdom, and she later becomes a constellation. She is the mother of Andromeda and consort of Cepheus.
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- 8 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Narrated in Ovid and earlier Greek sources.
Relationships
- parent of
- Andromeda
- enemy of
- Poseidon
- consort of
- Cepheus
- manifests as
- Constellation Cassiopeia
Mentioned by
Sources
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereïds, drew down the vengeance of Poseidon”
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