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	Cassiopeia (mythology) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Cassiopeia (mythology), in Greek mythology, the wife of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia.
		Cassiopeia (astronomy), northern constellation, near the celestial pole.
		Cassiopeia, the wife of King Cepheus of the mythological Phoenician realm of...
	encarta.msn.com /Cassiopeia_(mythology).html (183 words)

	Boast of Cassiopeia
		King Cepheus (Greek for gardener), and queen Cassiopeia (Greek for cassia juice), had promised their daughter Andromeda (Greek for ruler of men) to the nobleman Phineus.
		Cassiopeia, having boasted herself equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew down the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a whale-like sea-monster, the whale-like Cetus, (whom some modern writers and filmmakers replaced with the Scandinavian Kraken), which destroyed man and beast.
		After her death she, Cetus, Cephus, and Cassiopeia, were placed by Athena amongst the constellations in the northern sky, near Perseus.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/BoastOfCassiopeia.html (577 words)

	Sea and Sky's Pictures in the Sky: November Constellations
		It represents the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, the king and queen of Ethiopia.
		Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda.
		She is represented chained to her throne in the heavens as punishment for her boast of being more beautiful than all the Nereids.
	www.seasky.org /pictures/sky7b11.html (439 words)

	Star Lore of the Constellations: Cassiopeia - The Seated Queen
		Queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, is remembered in myth for her arrogant boast concerning her daughter's beauty.
		Vain Cassiopeia's punishment was to be immortalised in the heavens bound to her throne - encircling the Pole head downwards as a lesson in humility.
		Cassiopeia is one of the easiest constellations for northern astrologers to identify, and many other constellations are found by reference to it.
	www.skyscript.co.uk /cassiopeia.html (618 words)

	Cassiopeia (mythology) at AllExperts
		Cassiopeia was one of the fifty Nereids in Greek mythology.
		Cassiopeia was elevated to the sky, seated on her throne while made up with her magic creams.
		This Cassiopeia was a daughter of Arabius (otherwise unknown).
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/cassiopeia_(mythology).htm (626 words)

	Chandra :: Photo Album :: Constellation Cassiopeia
		The story behind the name: Cassiopeia is named after the queen of a country on the northern coast of Africa, Aethiopia (not modern Ethiopia).
		She boasted that she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than the Nereids, the 50 sea nymph attendants of Thetis, the sea goddess, and Poseidon, the sea god.
		Cassiopeia's husband, King Cepheus consulted an oracle, who told him that the only way to appease Poseidon and stop the monster was to sacrifice Andromeda.
	chandra.harvard.edu /photo/constellations/cassiopeia.html (413 words)

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		The oracle intoned gravely that the fault was Cassiopeia’s.
		Cassiopeia was very beautiful and she had vainly boasted to all who could hear that she was more beautiful than even the sea nymphs, the lovely daughters of the sea god Poseidon.
		The oracle said that to appease the monster and Poseidon Cassiopeia would have to sacrifice her daughter the Princess Andromeda to the monster.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/bmoler/austarst.htm (974 words)

	Notes on Star Hikes
		According to this legend, Cassiopeia, the wife of Cepheus the king of Ethiopia, lived happily until she dared to compare her own beauty-to that of the Nephrides, the Sea Nymphs.
		Cassiopeia and Cepheus would have to chain their daughter Andromeda (the Maid) to a rock on the coast as a sacrifice to Cetus.
		Cassiopeia is a circumpolar constellation which is also known as the Lady in the Chair.
	www.billcotter.com /onteora/star-hikes.htm (1582 words)

	Cassiopeia at AllExperts
		* Cassiopeia (mythology) (or Casseipeia), a queen of Aethiopia in Greek mythology.
		* Cassiopeia (constellation), a northern constellation representing the queen.
		* Cassiopeia A, a galaxy in that constellation.
	en.allexperts.com /e/c/ca/cassiopeia.htm (178 words)

	Cassiopeia
		She was very pretty, and would often boast that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the sea nymphs, the Nereids.
		She looks like a "W" or "M" in the sky, depending on where she is. Some legends say that Cassiopeia was chained into the sky and sometimes hangs upside-down to remind others not to be so boastful.
		Cassiopeia is a northern circumpolar constellation, so it can be viewed all year long.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/circumpolar/cassiopeia.html&edu=high (282 words)

	ASD Planetarium: StarWatch
		Cassiopeia (the Queen of Ethiopia) and her daughter, Andromeda, known also as the Chained Lady grace the autumn sky.
		Cassiopeia claimed that she was easily the fairest of them all.
		But since Cassiopeia’s palace was on high ground, she simply "waved" it off, even though the suffering of her subjects was great.
	www.starrynights.com /StarWatch/September/index-9-99.html (1351 words)

	The Stellar Guide: Cassiopeia
		Cassiopeia, the Queen, is visible in the Northern Hemisphere all year long.
		The wife of Cepheus and the mother of Andromeda, Cassiopeia is bound to her chair and forever circles the pole with her head downward.
		This was an appropriate punishment by the Nereids (Sea Nymphs) for Cassiopeia's boast of being more beautiful than all of the Nereids.
	www.botproductions.com /stellar/cassiopeia.html (76 words)

	(GCHY63) CASSIOPEIA IN UENO PARK created by Puttsun, Keiko and Fuchy
		Cassiopeia is bound to her chair and forever circles the pole with her head downward.
		It is your task as a geocacher to find the treasure and help Cassiopeia to access her treasure box.
		Cassiopeia would like to move her hand towards her treasure.
	www.geocaching.com /seek/cache_details.aspx?pf=y&guid=b22ea7d7-528f-46e4-8782-7b083980dfbb&log=n&decrypt= (648 words)

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		Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus, a legendary king of Ethiopia.
		Cassiopeia was a woman of great beauty, but also of great vanity.
		He saw the King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia standing on a cliff nearby, so he made a hasty landing there and learned the story about Cassiopeia's boast and the consequences of it.
	www.aquarian-age.net /tarot/empress3.htm (448 words)

	The Court Cards of the Tarot by Lance Carlyle Carter
		The name of the Queen was Cassiopeia, and she was more beautiful than any of the women in the kingdom, but she was soon to become vain and arrogant.
		Cassiopeia became so filled with pride that she claimed that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids, who were the sea-nymph daughters of the sea god Poseidon and the sea-goddess named Doris.
		The Queen may be seen in the stars as Cassiopeia, the Queen whose vain boast of beauty greater than the Queen of Heaven almost brought disaster to the kingdom.
	www.aquarian-age.net /tarot/court5.htm (1042 words)

	Mythography \| The Greek Heroine Cassiopeia in Myth and Art
		The legendary figure Cassiopeia is famous for her role in one of the most memorable stories of Greek mythology - the tale of Andromeda.
		And in some respects Cassiopeia is equally famous for being the personification of a vain, self absorbed woman who causes enormous anguish and suffering with a single thoughtless act.
		In myth, Cassiopeia was the wife of Cepheus (Cepheus was a king of Ethiopia according to most sources).
	www.loggia.com /myth/cassiopeia.html (490 words)

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		Her father and mother were Cephus and Cassiopeia.
		Cassiopeia bragged that she was more beautiful than the sea nymphs.
		The sea nymphs were furious at this boast.
	library.thinkquest.org /13421/Andromeda.htm (165 words)

	The Vieques Visitor - Online Travel Guide - Inspired By a Jar of Motts Original Applesauce
		Remember she is the vain daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus who continually boast about her universal beauty until they get cold feet and tie her to a rock by the sea as sacrifice to the mean sea monster Cetus.
		Her head is at the narrow end of the tree and adjoined to the square of Pegasus and her body curves towards her mother Queen Cassiopeia.
		Cassiopeia is a striking W-shaped figure that is now visible in the Northeastern sky alongside Andromeda.
	www.viequesvisitor.com /vieques-sky-watch/inspired-by-a-jar-of-motts-original-applesauce.html (807 words)

	Andromedia Galaxy & Constellation - Crystalinks
		Together with other constellations nearby (Cepheus (constellation), Perseus, Cassiopeia, and possibly Pegasus), and the constellation Cetus below Andromeda, this may be the source of the myth of the Boast of Cassiopeia, with which it is usually identified.
		In Greek mythology, Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Ethiopia.
		Cassiopeia bragged that she was more beautiful than the Nereids (water-nymphs), and so in revenge, Poseidon sent a flood and a sea monster to plague the land.
	www.crystalinks.com /andromeda.html (1421 words)

	Stars
		The story behind the name: Andromeda was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of Joppa, a country on the Mediterranean coast.
		Queen Cassiopeia boasted that she and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids, the sea-nymph attendants of the sea god Poseidon and the sea goddess Thetis.
		This meant that Cassiopeia had insulted the gods with her boast.
	www.angelfire.com /vamp/boneorchard/stars.html (10080 words)

	Tonight's Sky from Earth & Sky - Astronomy News - Care2.com
		Her boast angered Poseidon, god of the sea, who sent a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage the kingdom.
		Only Cassiopeia suffered an indignity—her vanity caused her to be bound to a chair and placed in the heavens so that, as she revolves around the north celestial pole, she is sometimes in an upside-down position.
		Cassiopeia appears in the northeast sky at nightfall and swings high to the north as evening progresses.
	www.care2.com /c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=9395&pst=783985 (5708 words)

	AstroPhotography by Kirk Rogers -- Writings - The Story of Perseus in Myth
		Cassiopeia had the bad sense to boast she and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids (Nymphs of the sea, there were fifty of them), who caught wind of this and complained to their protector, Poseidon (Neptune).
		So during the wedding feast Cassiopeia had Phineus, the King’s brother and Andromeda’s former betrothed (note some accounts indicate this man as Agenor although the premise is much the same) show up to claim Andromeda as his own and to get rid of Perseus once and for all.
		Some indicate Poseidon placed the dishonored Cassiopeia and Cepheus in the heavens as a punishment for their conniving ways with both circling the pole star while vain Cassiopeia combs her hair for eternity.
	www.kiroastro.com /writings/mythology/perseus.html (1915 words)

	Star explosion is surprisingly neat - Space.com - MSNBC.com
		The faint blue glow surrounding Cassiopeia A is material energized by the faster-moving forward shock wave.
		Green, yellow and red primarily represent material that was ejected in the explosion and heated by the slower reverse shock wave.
		Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant within our Milky Way Galaxy, located 10,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15446953 (536 words)

	Earth & Sky \| skywatching
		The constellation Cassiopeia the Queen can be found high in the northeast in the evening at this time of year, not far from Polaris, also known as the North Star.
		To pacify the monster, Cassiopeia’s daughter, Princess Andromeda, was left tied to a rock by the sea.
		Only Cassiopeia suffered an indignity — her vanity caused her to be bound to a chair and placed in the heavens so that, as she revolves around the north celestial pole, she is sometimes in an upside-down position.
	www.earthsky.org /skywatching/tonightssky.php?date=20060805 (419 words)

	Cassiopeia
		Queen Cassiopeia, the wife of Cepheus, and her daughter Andromeda were very beautiful.
		Queen Cassiopeia, on her throne, was changed into stars in the northern sky where for six months out of the year she would be upside down in an indignant position to shame her and remind her never to be so audacious as to compare herself to the immortal celestial ones.
		To show the justice of the council, Queen Cassiopeia was permitted to be upright on her throne as a dignified queen for the other six months of the year.
	1scom.net /~kjblackford/cassiopeia.html (168 words)

	Clash of the Titans Summary
		Among its stars were Harry Hamlin (as Perseus), Maggie Smith (as Thetis), Claire Bloom (as Hera), Ursula Andress (as Aphrodite), Judi Bowker (as Andromeda), Burgess Meredith (as Amon), Sian Phillips (as Cassiopeia), and Sir Laurence Olivier (as Zeus).
		Stop motion animation is used to a large extent in the film to animate the various monsters.
		Cassiopeia also erected a picturesque statue of Thetis in a temple.
	www.bookrags.com /Clash_of_the_Titans (1206 words)

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