1.
After reading several explanations why a constellation
is named Cassiopeia, I conclude the Greeks made up
the myth of the vain & beautiful queen after watching
the sky and seeing how the picture of a queen sitting
On her chair turns upside down for half of every year:
Cassiopeia is a large constellation in the northern sky
named after Cassiopeia, the boastful queen in Greek
mythology, which is also nicknamed the W-constellation
Recognized by the W-asterism formed by the 5 brightest
stars - which was for first time catalogued by the Greek
astronomer Ptolemy in the Second Century of our time:
2.
Cassiopeia, queen of Aethiopia, beautiful & vain, claimed
she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than
the daughters of the sea god, Poseidon infuriated sent sea
monster Cetus to plague Aethiopia’s coasts & cause floods
An oracle ordered sacrifice of Andromeda - thus to appease
Poseidon’s wrath chaining her to a rock at the sea for Cetus,
but she was saved by Perseus who killed the beast & married
Andromeda, unhappy with this Poseidon tied Cassiopeia to a
Chair in the heavens and now she revolves upside down half
of the time: This is how the constellation got its name, it does
resemble the torture chair used to punish Queen Cassiopeia
3.
For the sin of vanity, Cassiopeia was condemned to forever
circle the celestial pole sitting on her throne in the sky and
she turns upside down and hangs on for half of every year
4.
A constellation named after Cassiopeia, queen of Aethiopia,
mother of Princess Andromeda - placed among the stars
along with Andromeda as punishment after boasting of her
and her daughter's beauty - thus she was forced to wheel
Around the North Celestial Pole on her throne and spend
half her time clinging to it so as not to fall off - Poseidon
decreed that Andromeda should be eaten by the monster
Cetus, and luckily she was rescued by the hero Perseus
1. https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/cassiopeia-constellation/
2. https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Mortals/Cassiopeia/cassiopeia.html
3. https://www.greekmythology.com ›Myths › Mortals › Cassiopeia › cassiopeia.html
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