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The constellation resembles the chair that originally represented an instrument of torture. Poseidon thought Cassiopeia should not escape punishment, so he placed her in the heavens chained to a throne in a position that referenced Andromeda's ordeal. Perseus arrives to kill Cetus, saves Andromeda and marries her. In either case, trying to save their kingdom, Cepheus and Cassiopeia consulted a wise oracle, who told them that the only way to appease the sea gods was to sacrifice their daughter.Īccordingly, Andromeda was chained to a rock at the sea's edge and left to be killed by the sea monster. Īccounts differ as to whether Poseidon decided to flood the whole country or direct the sea monster Cetus to destroy it. This brought the wrath of Poseidon, ruling god of the sea, upon the kingdom of Ethiopia. The king of Ethiopia Cepheus and the queen Cassiopeia thank Perseus for freeing their daughter Andromeda, La Délivrance d'Andromède (1679) Pierre Mignard, LouvreĬassiopeia boasted that she and her daughter Andromeda were more beautiful than all the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus.