Cassiepeia the wife of Cepheus in Acthiopia,
and mother of Andromeda, whose beauty she extolled above that of
the Nereids. This pride became the cause of her misfortunes, for
Poseidon (whose wife Amphitrite was a Nereid) sent a monster into
the country which ravaged the land, and to which Andromeda was to
be sacrificed. But Perseus saved her life. According to other
accounts Cassiepeia boasted that she herself surpassed the Nereids
in beauty, and for this reason she was represented, when placed
among the stars, as turning backwards.
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