![]() Aphrodite rushed to ask Zeus to save Cassiopeia by making her divine. Cassiopeia promised Aphrodite the recipe in exchange for saving her. Then Aphrodite, goddess of beauty, asked Cassiopeia the recipe for her creations. Cassiopeia was elevated to the sky, seated on her throne while made up with her magic creams. The gods then decided to punish Cassiopeia for the offense that still had not been forgotten. ![]() To rescue Andromeda, he showed Medusa's head to Cetus, who was turned to stone. Having showed Medusa her reflection in his shield, Perseus was able to cut off her head, and from her blood rose the horse Pegasus. Perseus was finished with Medusa, of which only a look would petrify any mortal. When Cetus was about to devour her, Perseus arrived on the back of Pegasus. The young virgin accepted her cruel destiny and then made the sacrifice by being chained to the shore so that Cetus, the sea monster, could kill her. The only solution was to sacrifice Cassiopeia's daughter, Andromeda. Cepheus was hopeless and consulted the Oracle of Ammon. On seeing that the Nereid defended herself, Poseidon sent a monster to destroy the Queen of Aethiopia. Poseidon worked sending a grand wave to Aethiopia but Cassiopeia handled it with her power. After this, the sisters bothered her because they knew that the beauty of their sister wasn't something that wasn't achieved but was something with which she was born. Cepheus then married Cassiopeia, who bore him a daughter named Andromeda.Īfter marrying the King of Aethiopia, the vain Cassiopeia boasted that her beauty was superior to that of her sisters. She was called the "sole daughter of the sea." Her beauty was surprising because, one afternoon, when she was found on the coast of Aethiopia, the King Cepheus saw her and instantly fell in love with her. ![]() Cassiopeia ( Κασσιόπεια) was one of the fifty Nereids in Greek mythology.
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