Some accounts say that he caused Ethiopia to flood, while others say he called upon the sea monster Cetus to destroy the country. In response to her vain arrogance, Poseidon decided to punish both mother and daughter.
As with any other mortal who had boasted about being greater in any way than the gods, this did not fare well for Cassiopeia and Andromeda. Princess Andromeda inherited her mother’s great beauty, and Queen Cassiopeia boasted that she and her daughter were more beautiful than all the sea nymph daughters of the god Nereus. She and King Cephus had a daughter, whom they named Andromeda.
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What they all agree on is that she was either part or full sea nymph, and she was very beautiful.Ĭassiopeia married Cepheus and became queen of Ethiopia. Still one other writer, the Greek poet Nonnus, says that she was the daughter of Aeolus, who was a son of Hellen and a sea nymph named Orseis. Other sources say she was a nymph herself. According to some, she was the daughter of Coronus, a human male, and a water nymph named Zeuxo. Her constellation is part of a group of several other constellations and is still recognized as one of the 88 modern constellations.Ĭassiopeia (pronounced Kass-ee-oh-PEE-uh) has a few different stories surrounding her origin. The ancient Greeks named a constellation after her, which is seen year round in the shape of a W and located in the northern sky. Queen Cassiopeia is a mortal woman in Greek mythology most known for angering the god of sea and earthquakes, Poseidon.
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