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Cepheus is prominently featured in the Perseus legend as the husband of Cassiopeia, father of Princess Andromeda, and brother of Phineus, who expects to marry Andromeda. Various sources describe his kingdom to be "Aethiopia" or later, the city of Joppa in Phoenicia, which was named after the elder Cepheus's wife, Iope, daughter of Aeolus. [5]
Conon places the story in Joppa (Iope or Jaffa, on the coast of modern Israel), and makes Andromeda's uncles Phineus and Phoinix rivals for her hand in marriage; her father Cepheus contrives to have Phoinix abduct her in a ship named Cetos from a small island she visits to make sacrifices to Aphrodite, and Perseus, sailing nearby, intercepts ...
In Greek mythology, Cepheus (/ ˈ s iː f i ə s,-f j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kepheús) may refer to the following personages: Cepheus, king of Ethiopia and father of Andromeda. [1] Cepheus, king of Tegea in Arcadia and one of the Argonauts. [2] Cepheus, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus. [3]
The king of Ethiopia Cepheus and the queen Cassiopeia thank Perseus for freeing their daughter Andromeda, La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard, Louvre. Cassiopeia boasted that she (or her daughter Andromeda), was more beautiful than all the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus.
Andromeda's panicked father, Cepheus, was told by the Oracle of Ammon that the only way to save his kingdom was to sacrifice his daughter to Cetus. [11] [12] ...
Articles relating to Andromeda, her legends, and her depictions.She is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia.When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda) is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia as divine punishment.
The play opened with Andromeda alone on stage, having been chained to a rock near the sea and near a cave by her father Cepheus, King of Aethiopia, to be eaten by a sea monster. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This was to mollify the sea god Poseidon after either Cepheus or his wife Cassiopeia had offended the god.
Cepheus (father of Andromeda), and King of Aethiopia; Cepheus (son of Aleus), a king of Tegea, Arcadia; In astronomy. Cepheus (constellation), one of the 88 modern ...