Cassiopeia Constellation

Cassiopeia is the mother of Andromeda, queen of Aethiopia, and wife of Cepheus. She was arrogant which eventually was what caused her doom. She has been called the daughter of Coronus and Zeuxo by some but also called a nymph by others. She boasted that her and her daughter Andromeda were  more beautiful than all the Nereids which made Poseidon the sea god angry. He wanted to destroy Aetheopia and in an attempt to save the kingdom she visited an oracle who said the only way would be to sacrifice Andromeda. Andromeda is chained to a rock at the edge of the sea to try and appease the gods but Perseus comes to save her and marry her. Poseidon thought that Cassiopeia should not go unpunished though so she was chained to a throne in the heavens in a way similar to how Andromeda was chained. The constellation used to be called Cassiopeia's Chair but was then changed to its full name being Cassiopeia the Queen in the 1930's. Her position in the sky is revolving around the north star so sometimes she is seen in an upside down position which sort of is a reference to how the gods chained her to a throne in the heavens to punish her so her being upside down is like part of the punishment from the gods. I believe that naming the constellation Cassiopeia was a good decision. The myth fits with her becoming a constellation because first, she was sent to the heavens by the gods. Since she was being punished their her constellation sometimes appearing upside down also fits in this use of the name. The constellations names also fit because of the punishment she was given and then when it was changed it became her role in the myth as the queen of Aethiopia.



Andrew Sincovec

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(mother_of_Andromeda)

https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/constellation-cassiopeia-the-queen-lady-of-the-chair-how-to-find-history-myth