The night sky teaches us mythology

Have you ever been to the countryside ⛺ or on a beach 🌊in Greece away from the city lights? Have you seen the dark night sky during summer? Have you admired the thousands of stars 🎇✨ in our neighborhood of the galaxy 🌌? Since i was a kid i was fascinated by that! 🤩🧐

I would then ask everyone " Where is the Great Bear? How do we find Orion?" ⭐🌟

We're starting with the story of Cassioppeia (and many more will follow).

Visible all year round when you look at the Greek sky, and easily recognizable, the constellation of Cassiopeia is in the northern sky and consists of 5 stars in a W form or very open capital M. You will find it, even on Full Moon nights 🌕, near the Little Dipper. Cassiopeia (Κασσιόπη) is connected with Arabia, Ethiopia, and Egypt 🌍. She was the wife of the king of Ethiopia, Kipheas (Κηφέας), and mother of Andromeda (Ανδρομέδα). Cassiopeia boasted that she was the most beautiful woman, even prettier than Νereids (Νηρηίδες), the daughters of Nireas (Νιρέας) and Oceanida (Ωκεανίδα). As expected, Nereids were upset 😲😭and so was Poseidon (Ποσειδώνας) 😤. Poseidon (Ποσειδώνας) decided to flood 🌊 the country of Cassiopeia and sent the sea monster 👾 Cetus to destroy ☠ the country. Kipheas and Cassiopeia, who at that moment were frightened, consulted a wise oracle, who told them the only way to appease the sea gods was to sacrifice their daughter, Andromeda 👸🏾.

Andromeda was chained to a rock at the sea's edge and left to be killed by the sea monster 👾 . Perseus then arrived 🤩, killed Cetus 🥳, saved 🥰 Andromeda and married her 💑.

Poseidon and Ira thought Cassiopeia should not escape punishment, so they placed her in the heavens chained to a throne. Cassiopeia is often represented tied to the throne 💺 or in some cases she holds her mirror, a symbol of her vanity.

The constellations of Andromeda, Kipheas, and Perseus can be seen around Cassiopeia's constellation. Would you like to learn "What is the myth behind other constellations?" Comment here or on our FB page which one you would like to read and we'll be back soon 😁😊😘 https://www.facebook.com/myfavoritegreekteacher/

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