"each other in the sky, the gods placed Orion and the scorpion at opposite ends of the sky, and in opposite seasons, so that both of them can never be seen in the sky at the same time. Another example of star lore is the story behind the constellation Andromeda, also known at ""the chained woman"". Andromeda was the daughter of the king and queen of Ethiopia, King Cepheus and Cassiopeia. The story goes that because Cassiopeia bragged so much of Andromeda's beauty to the Nereids, daughters of Poseidon, that they complained to their father, who sent a sea monster"
"away from Earth. Cepheus is most commonly depicted as holding his arms aloft, praying for the deities to spare the life of Andromeda. He also is depicted as a more regal monarch sitting on his throne. In Chinese astronomy, the stars of the constellation Cepheus are found in two areas: the Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣, ""Zǐ Wēi Yuán"") and the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, ""Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ""). Cepheus (constellation) Cepheus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. Cepheus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the"
"Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, ""Androméda"" or Ἀνδρομέδη, ""Andromédē"") is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death by Perseus. Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek (""Androméda"") or (""Andromédē""): ""ruler of men"", from (""anēr, andrós"") ""man"", and ""medon"", ""ruler"". As a subject, Andromeda has been"
"the bird that shuns the daylight. Epopeus of Lesbos In Roman mythology, Epopeus (; 'all-seer', derived from ""epopao"" ""to look out"", ""observe"", from ""epi"" ""over"" and ""ops"" ""eye""), was a king of Lesbos (the large island in the Aegean Sea opposite the coast of Asia Minor) who committed incest with his daughter Nyctimene. The name ""Nycteus"" signifies ""of the night"", as does ""Nyctimene"" in the following variant: according to accounts by the Roman Gaius Julius Hyginus and in Ovid's ""Metamorphoses"" (ii.590), an Epopeus was a king of Lesbos. He had sexual intercourse with his henceforth nocturnal daughter Nyctimene, whom Minerva"
"Nephele In Greek mythology, Nephele (; , from νέφος ""nephos"" ""cloud""; Latinized to ""Nubes"") was a cloud nymph who figured prominently in the story of Phrixus and Helle. Nephele was also the goddess of hospitality. Greek myth also has it that Nephele is the cloud whom Zeus created in the image of Hera to trick Ixion to test his integrity after displaying his lust for Hera during a feast as a guest of Zeus. Ixion failed in restraining his lust for Hera, thus fathering the Centaurs. Nephele married Athamas, but he divorced her for Ino. Phrixus and Helle, the son"
"Telephassa Telephassa (; , ""Tēléphassa"", ""far-shining""), also spelled Telephaassa (; ) and Telephe (; ), is a lunar epithet in Greek mythology that is sometimes substituted for Argiope the wife of Agenor, according to his name a ""leader of men"" in Phoenicia, and mother of Cadmus. In some versions she is the daughter of Nilus, god of the Nile and Nephele, a soft cloud oceanid. She had several children, including Europa, Cilix, Cadmus, Thasus, who gave his name to an island next to Samothrace, and Phoenix. Thasus is sometimes said to be her grandchild by Cilix. Her husband was Agenor"
"Aerope of Crete In Greek mythology, Aerope (Ancient Greek: Ἀερόπη) was a daughter of Catreus, the king of Crete, and sister to Clymene, Apemosyne and Althaemenes. She was the wife of Atreus (or Pleisthenes), and by most accounts the mother of Agamemnon and Menelaus. Aerope's father was Catreus, the son of Minos, and king of Crete. Catreus had two other daughters, Clymene and Apemosyne, and a son Althaemenes. According to the tradition followed by Euripides in his lost play ""Cretan Women"" (""Kressai""), Catreus found Aerope in bed with a slave and handed her over to Nauplius to be drowned, but"
"Cepheus (constellation) Cepheus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. Cepheus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 constellations in the modern times. The constellation's brightest star is Alpha Cephei, with an apparent magnitude of 2.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an orange hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, MY Cephei, VV Cephei, and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known."
"Hesperus In Greek mythology, Hesperus ( ""Hesperos"") is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora) and is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the ""Morning Star""). Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. ""evening"", ""supper"", ""evening star"", ""west""). By one account Hesperus' father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus' was the star god Astraios. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother of Atlas, and thus the son of Iapetus. Hesperus is the personification of the ""evening star"", the planet Venus in the"
"in countries north of the Tropic of Capricorn, in late spring. Cassiopeia (Queen of Ethiopia) Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπεια) or Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια), a figure in Greek mythology, was queen of Aethiopia and wife of king Cepheus. She was arrogant and vain, characteristics that led to her downfall. Her name in Greek is , ""Kassiope""; other variants are , ""Kassiopeia"" and , ""Kassiepeia"". Some sources describe Cassiopeia as the daughter of Coronus and Zeuxo but Nonnus calls her a nymph. While according to Stephanus, she was called Iope, the daughter of Aeolus, from whom the town of Joppa derived its name. Cassiopeia boasted"
"was ruled by the beautiful but vain queen, Cassiope; she maintained that her beauty, and that of her daughter Andromeda, was superior to that of the sea nymphs, who were the daughters of Poseidon, the god of the sea. When the nymphs became aware of her claims, they protested to their father, who retaliated by calling up a Cetus or sea monster to ravage the coastline of Ethiopia placing Cassiope's kingdom at risk. On the advice of Jupiter Ammon, the Queen, together with her husband Cepheus, decided to sacrifice her daughter Andromeda to the monster. Perseus, flying back from his"
"a mate. There are many birds singing to mates in this stanza, and it comes out to the tune of the couples wedding song. Although it comes from a darker myth, it is still a connection to the mythology Spenser is building. Hesperus is the evening star in Greek mythology ""With darksome cloud, now shew theyr goodly beames More bright then Hesperus his head doth rere."" The day is ending, and Hesperus is making an appearance. The Cyprian Queen is another term for Aphrodite, who is also referred to as Venus. ""And ye three handmayds of the Cyprian Queene, The"
"other among the stars, along with Andromeda. She was placed in the sky as a punishment after enraging Poseidon with the boast that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids or, alternatively, that she herself was more beautiful than the sea nymphs. She was forced to wheel around the North Celestial Pole on her throne, spending half of her time clinging to it so she does not fall off, and Poseidon decreed that Andromeda should be bound to a rock as prey for the monster Cetus. Andromeda was then rescued by the hero Perseus, whom she later married."
"always engraved rather than cast), Thesan is shown in the act of abducting Cephalus, a young man of Athens who was married to the King Erechtheus’ daughter, Procris. Thesan is winged here, wearing a chiton and diagonal himation that flows in the breeze; about her head is a halo, to emphasize her function as Light-Goddess. She runs off to the left carrying Cephalus in her arms, who is shown as nude and much smaller than she is. He does not look at all distressed at the situation and he rests in her arms with his right hand on her shoulder."
"wife of the Theban field commander Amphitryon. Amphitryon is in the conflict of Thebes against Athens. Because Jupiter cannot present himself in his true form to Alkmene, he chooses to appear as Amphitryon. The god appears to Alkmene and makes love with her, with Alkmene thinking that this is her husband who has returned early from battle. The next morning, the servant Sosias announces Thebes' victory over Athens and the return of the Theban army. He sees a double of himself, who is actually Mercury, who acted as guard the night prior. Confusion follows. Alkmene then sees Amphytrion for what"
"of Cepheus, king of Ethiopia and husband of another Cassiopeia. According to the ""Iliad"", Europa was not Phoenix's sister, but his daughter. Europa is otherwise called one of his two daughters by Perimede, daughter of Oeneus, the other one being Astypalaea; she is also included on the list of his children by Telephe, her siblings in this case being Peirus, Phoenice, and Astypale (apparently identical to the aforementioned Astypalaea). Telephe, daughter of Epimedusa, is probably the same as Telephassa, whom Moschus calls wife and not the mother of Phoenix. When Europa was carried off by Zeus, her three brothers were"
"the court of his father-in-law, Perseus finally set off for Seriphos with his wife. Since Cepheus had no heir of his own, the departing couple allowed him to adopt their first-born child, Perses, who was destined to give his name to the Persians. Cepheus was later made into the constellation Cepheus. Cepheus of Ethiopia In Greek mythology, Cepheus (; Greek: Κηφεύς ""Kepheús"") is the name of two rulers of Aethiopia, grandfather and grandson. Cepheus was the son of either Belus or Phoenix. If Belus was his father, he had Anchinoe, daughter of Nilus as mother, and Danaus, Aegyptus and Phineus"
"Antiope of Thebes In Greek mythology, Antiope (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from ""αντι ""anti ""against, compared to, like"" and ""οψ ""ops ""voice"") was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; in later sources she is called the daughter of the ""nocturnal"" king Nycteus of Thebes or, in the ""Cypria"", of Lycurgus, but for Homer her site is purely Boeotian. She was the mother of Amphion and Zethus. Her beauty attracted Zeus, who, assuming the form of a satyr, took her by force. A.B. Cook noted that her myth ""took on a Dionysiac colouring, Antiope being"
"into the sea (panels 5–6); Teuthras finding Auge on the shore in Mysia (panel 10); Heracles discovering the abandoned Telephus being suckled by a lioness (panel 12); Telephus receiving arms from Auge, and leaving for the war against Idas (panels 16–18); Teuthras giving Auge to Telephus in marriage (panel 20); and Auge and Telephus, being startled by a serpent, and recognizing each other on their wedding night (panel 21). The next several panels have been interpreted as depicting the battle between the Mysians and the Greeks on the Caicus plain, including Hiera, Telephus' Amazon-like wife, leading a group of Mysian"
"knowledge of something necessary (in this case the identity of Hesperus and Phosphorus) could be empirical rather than knowable ""a priori"". Hesperus In Greek mythology, Hesperus ( ""Hesperos"") is the Evening Star, the planet Venus in the evening. He is the son of the dawn goddess Eos (Roman Aurora) and is the half-brother of her other son, Phosphorus (also called Eosphorus; the ""Morning Star""). Hesperus' Roman equivalent is Vesper (cf. ""evening"", ""supper"", ""evening star"", ""west""). By one account Hesperus' father was Cephalus, a mortal, while Phosphorus' was the star god Astraios. Other sources, however, state that Hesperus was the brother"
"of Thorikos in southern Attica, dating perhaps to the 430s BCE and published from the stone in 1983. Cephalus was the brother of Aenetus, Phylacus, Nisus, Actor and Asterodia. By Procris or Procne, he was the father of Arcesius or Archius and by Clymene, daughter of Minyas, of Iphiclus and Alcimede. Athenians localised the myth by asserting that Cephalus was married to Procris, a daughter of Erechtheus, an ancient founding-figure of Athens. The goddess of dawn, Eos, fell in love with him and kidnapped Cephalus when he was hunting. The resistant Cephalus and Eos became lovers, and she bore him"
"to the Rocks"" is unusual in showing her alone, fearfully awaiting the monster. The Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino composed an hour-long operatic drama called ""Perseo e Andromeda"" in 2000. Attribution Andromeda (mythology) In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, ""Androméda"" or Ἀνδρομέδη, ""Andromédē"") is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia's hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage Andromeda as divine punishment. Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster, but is saved from death"
"Ceyx In Greek mythology, Ceyx (; ) was a king of Trachis in Thessaly. Ceyx was the son of Eosphorus and husband of Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus. Possibly by her, he became the father of Themistonoe, Hippasus and Hylas. Ceyx and Alcyone were very happy together, and according to Pseudo-Apollodorus's account, often called each other ""Zeus"" and ""Hera"". This angered Zeus, so while Ceyx was at sea, the god threw a thunderbolt at his ship. Ceyx appeared to Alcyone as an apparition to tell her of his fate, and she threw herself into the sea in her grief. Out of"
"darkness. Ancient portrayals show Dionysus holding in his hand a ""kantharos"", a wine-jar with large handles, and occupying the place where one would expect to see Hades. Archaic artist Xenocles portrayed on one side of a vase, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, each with his emblems of power; with Hades' head turned back to front and, on the other side, Dionysus striding forward to meet his bride Persephone, with a ""kantharos"" in his hand, against a background of grapes. Both Hades and Dionysus were associated with a divine tripartite deity with Zeus. The Orphics in particular believed that Zeus and Hades"
"Cepheus of Tegea In Greek mythology, Cepheus (; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς ""Kephéus"") was the successor of his father Aleus as the king of Tegea, Arcadia. He and his brother Amphidamas are counted among the Argonauts. Cepheus' mother was named as Neaera or Cleobule, and he was the brother of Amphidamas, Lycurgus of Arcadia, Auge and Alcidice. Cepheus had twenty sons, one of whom was named Aeropus, and at least three daughters, Sterope, Aerope and Antinoe. Cepheus and his sons joined Heracles in his campaign against Hippocoon, while Sterope was given by Heracles a lock of Medusa to protect Tegea in"
"Aethiopia. This mythical Ethiopia was ruled by King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia. Cassiopeia, having boasted her daughter Andromeda equal in beauty to the Nereids, drew the vengeance of Poseidon, who sent an inundation on the land and a sea serpent, Cetus, which destroyed man and beast. The oracle of Ammon announced that no relief would be found until the king exposed his daughter Andromeda to the monster, and so she was fastened naked to a rock on the shore. Perseus slew the monster and, setting her free, claimed her in marriage. Perseus married Andromeda in spite of Phineus, to whom"
"Cephissus (mythology) Cephissus (, ""kephisos"") is a river god of ancient Greece, associated with the river Cephissus in Attica, Greece. He was a son of Pontus and Thalassa. The same author names as daughters of this Cephissus: A mortal son of Cephissus was Eteocles by Euippe daughter of Leucon son of Athamas. This Euippe was wife of King Andreus of Orchomenus and Eteocles inherited Andreus' throne (9.34.9). Eteocles or Eteoclus son of Cephissus is confirmed from Hesiod's ""Catalogue"" (Fr. 70) and Pindar (Ol. 14). He first made offering to the Charites by the side of the river Cephissus. Cephissus was"
"May 2010, a rotational lightcurve of ""Ixion"" was obtained from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a rotation period of hours with a small brightness variation confirming the body's supposed spheroidal shape (). This minor planet was named after Ixion, king of the Lapiths from Greek mythology. Ixion desired Zeus's wife, Hera. Zeus found out about his intentions and created the cloud Nephele in the shape of Hera, and tricked Ixion into coupling with it, fathering the race of Centaurs. For his crimes, Ixion was expelled from Olympus, blasted with a thunderbolt, and bound to a burning solar wheel in the"
"which is located on the south wall. This scene depicts Dirce, wife of Lykos, being punished by Amphion and Zethus. Amphion and Zethus were twins bore by Antiope, niece of Lykos, after being seduced by Zeus. After the twins were born, Lykos exposed them on Mt. Cithairon, but they were found by a shepherd who took them in. As punishment, Lykos imprisoned Antiope and allowed his wife, Dirce, to treat her cruelly. Eventually Antiope escaped and reunited with her now adult sons but was recaptured by Dirce, who ordered that Antiope be put to death by being dragged by a"
"another affair with a human, Alcmene. Alcmene then bore Heracles. But Alcmene was already married to Amphitryon, the King of Tiryns. Zeus and Alcmene had a quiet night, forgetting every care in the world. Including each other's spouses. Spenser hopes the night the new couple is about to endure will be calm and quiet. Cynthia is a female name given to Mount Cynthus. But it was also a name for Selene, the personification of the Moon. ""Who is the same, which at my window peepes? Or whose is that faire face, that shines so bright, Is it not Cinthia, she"
"Aethra (mother of Theseus) In Greek mythology, Aethra or Aithra (, , , the ""bright sky"") was a daughter of King Pittheus of Troezen and sister of Henioche. She was the mother of Theseus (his father was the king Aegeus of Athens, or in some versions, Poseidon) and of Clymene (by Hippalces). Aethra was also called Pittheis after her father Pittheus. Bellerophon came to Troezen to ask Aethra's father, Pittheus for the maiden's hand in marriage, but the hero was banished from Corinth before the nuptials took place. King Aegeus who was childless with his previous marriages went to Troezen,"
"Aetna (nymph) Aetna (Greek: , ""Aἴtnē"") was in Greek and Roman mythology a Sicilian nymph and, according to Alcimus, a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, or of Briareus. Stephanus of Byzantium says that according to one account Aetna was a daughter of Oceanus. Simonides said that she had acted as arbitrator between Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession of Sicily. By Zeus or Hephaestus she became the mother of the Palici. Mount Aetna in Sicily was believed to have derived its name from her, and under it Zeus buried Typhon, Enceladus, or Briareus. The mountain itself was believed to be"
"Nyctimene (mythology) Nyctimene was, according to Roman mythology, the daughter of Epopeus, a king of Lesbos. Depending on which version of the story one reads, she was either raped or seduced by her father. Out of shame or guilt, she fled to the forest and refused to show her face in daylight. Taking pity on her, Minerva transformed her into the nocturnal owl which, in time, became a widespread symbol of the goddess. In ""Metamorphoses"", Cornix (the crow) complains that her place as Minerva's sacred bird is being usurped by Nyctimene, who is so ashamed of herself that she will"