Cepheus
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Search complete. 70 mentions across 16 episodes found for "Cepheus".
Sep 12, 2026
speaker_26VOICE_ACTOR
That
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
sea-monster of yours, Nereids, which you sent against Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, did no harm to the girl, as you imagine, while itself has now perished.
speaker_1VOICE_ACTOR
At whose hands, Triton? Did Cepheus expose the girl as a bait, and rush upon and slay it, lying in ambush with a large force?
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
not so but you iphianasa know i suppose perseus denies baby whom with his mother you saved out of pity when she was cast into the sea in the chest by his maternal grandfather i
speaker_26VOICE_ACTOR
know whom you speak of and likely enough he is now a young man and very noble and handsome to look at
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
But, insensibly captured by passion, for the girl had to be saved, he resolved to bring aid to her.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
And when the sea monster rushed towards her, exceedingly terrible, as though about to swallow Andromeda whole, the youth, suspended above in the air, his scimitar grasped by the hilt, with one hand aims his blows, and with the other displays the gorgon's head in front of him.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
and turned the creature into stone and it died there and then and the greater part of it as much as looked upon medusa is petrified then unfastening the virgin's bonds and giving her his hand he supported her as she descended on tiptoe from the rock which was smooth and slippery And now he is celebrating his nuptials in the palace of Cepheus, and he will carry her off to Argo, so that, instead of death, she is found a bridegroom one does not meet with every day.
Ashley IaconettiADVERTISER
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Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
That sea-monster of yours, Nereids, which you sent against Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus, did no harm to the girl, as you imagine, while itself has now perished.
Ashley IaconettiADVERTISER
At whose hands, Triton? Did Cepheus expose the girl as a bait, and rush upon and slay it, lying in ambush with a large force?
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
Not so; but you, Iphianassa, know, I suppose, Perseus, Danae's baby, whom with his mother you saved out of pity when she was cast into the sea in the chest by his maternal grandfather.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
I know whom you speak of; and likely enough he is now a young man, and very noble and handsome to look at.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
And when accordingly he came where they were living, they were asleep, I imagine, and he cut off the head of Medusa, and took to his wings and made off.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
How did he get a look at her? For they are not to be seen; or whoever does have a look at them will never thereafter look at anything else.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
Athena, by holding before him her shield—for I heard him afterwards telling Andromeda and Cepheus so—Athena, I say, upon her resplendent shield, as upon a mirror, allowed him to have a glimpse of the reflection from Medusa.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Her words made Perseus the more determined to help her.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Why is Neptune angry, he asked, and who has dared to treat you so cruelly? I am Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of this land, replied the maiden.
speaker_0NARRATOR
My mother boasted that I was more beautiful than any nymph in Neptune's palace.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Her pride enraged Neptune so that he raised great storms and sent a terrible monster to devour our people.
speaker_0NARRATOR
At this moment the monster, huge and ugly, came plowing through the water.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Perseus could not be seen because he had put on his cap of darkness, and before the creature could harm the maiden, its head was cut off by the sword of light.
speaker_0NARRATOR
On his swift-winged sandals, Perseus, with Andromeda in his arms, now flew to the palace of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
speaker_0NARRATOR
There had been many glad weddings before that of Perseus and Andromeda, but none was ever more joyful, for he was admired as a wonderful hero and everyone loved the girl who had been willing to give her life to save her people.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
That sea monster of yours, Nereids, which you sent against Andromeda, the daughter of Cethias, did no harm to the girl, as you imagine, while itself has now perished.
speaker_0VOICE_ACTOR
At whose hands, Triton? Did Cepheus expose the girl as a bait, and rush upon and slay it, lying in ambush with a large force?
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
Not so.
Adam BielkaVOICE_ACTOR
But you, Iphianassa, know, I suppose, Perseus.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Let them measure their strength against mine.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
But tell me, maiden, who are you, and what dark fate brought you here? And she answered, weeping, I am the daughter of Cepheus, king of Iopa, and my mother is Cassiopeia, of the beautiful tresses, and they called me Andromeda, as long as life was mine.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And I stand bound here, hapless that I am, for the sea-monster's food, to atone for my mother's sin.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
For she boasted of me once that I was fairer than Atargatis, queen of the fishes.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
At last she looked up trembling, and saw Perseus springing toward her.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
and instead of the monster a long black rock, with the sea rippling quietly round it.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Who then, so proud as Perseus, as he leapt back to the rock, and lifted his fair Andromeda in his arms, and flew with her to the cliff-top, as a falcon carries a dove? Who so proud as Perseus, and who so joyful as all the Aethiop people? For they had stood watching the monster from the cliffs, wailing for the maiden's fate, and already a messenger had gone to Cepheus and Cassiopeia, where they sat in sackcloth and ashes on the ground, in the innermost palace chambers, awaiting their daughter's end.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And they came, and all the city with them, to see the wonder, with songs and with dances, with cymbals and harps, and receive their daughter back again, as one alive from the dead.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Let them measure their strength against mine.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
But tell me, maiden, who are you, and what dark fate brought you here? And she answered, weeping, I am the daughter of Cepheus, king of Iopa, and my mother is Cassiopeia, of the beautiful tresses, and they called me Andromeda, as long as life was mine.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And I stand bound here, hapless that I am, for the sea-monster's food, to atone for my mother's sin.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
For she boasted of me once that I was fairer than Atargatis, queen of the fishes.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
At last she looked up trembling, and saw Perseus springing toward her.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
and instead of the monster a long black rock, with the sea rippling quietly round it.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
Who then, so proud as Perseus, as he leapt back to the rock, and lifted his fair Andromeda in his arms, and flew with her to the cliff-top, as a falcon carries a dove? Who so proud as Perseus, and who so joyful as all the Aethiop people? For they had stood watching the monster from the cliffs, wailing for the maiden's fate, and already a messenger had gone to Cepheus and Cassiopeia, where they sat in sackcloth and ashes on the ground, in the innermost palace chambers, awaiting their daughter's end.
Izzy BarbieriNARRATOR
And they came, and all the city with them, to see the wonder, with songs and with dances, with cymbals and harps, and receive their daughter back again, as one alive from the dead.
TystoNARRATOR
Let them measure their strength against mine.
TystoNARRATOR
But tell me, maiden, who you are and what dark fate brought you here." And she answered, weeping, "I am the daughter of Cepheus, king of Æthiopia, and my mother is Cassiopeia of the beautiful tresses, and they called me Andromeda as long as life was mine.
TystoNARRATOR
And I stand bound here, hapless that I am, for the sea monster's food to atone for my mother's sin.
TystoNARRATOR
For she boasted of me once that I was fairer than Atargatis, queen of the fishes.
TystoNARRATOR
Then down from the height of the air fell Perseus, like a shooting star, down to the crests of the waves, while Andromeda hid her face as he shouted; and then there was silence for a while.
TystoNARRATOR
At last she looked up trembling, and saw Perseus springing toward her, and instead of the monster a long black rock, with the sea rippling quietly around it.
TystoNARRATOR
Who then so proud as Perseus as he leapt back to the rock and lifted his fair Andromeda in his arms and flew with her to the cliff-top as a falcon carries a dove? Who so proud as Perseus, and who so joyful as all the Ethiop people? For they had stood watching the monster from the cliffs, wailing for the maiden's fate; and already a messenger had gone to Cepheus and Cassiopeia, where they sat in sackcloth and ashes on the ground in the innermost palace chambers, awaiting their daughter's end.
TystoNARRATOR
And they came, and all the city with them, to see the wonder, with songs and with dances, with cymbals and harps, and received their daughter back again as one alive from the dead.
Ian LauerHOST
Andromeda is a princess.
Ian LauerHOST
Her father is named Cepheus, and her mother is named Cassiopeia.
Ian LauerHOST
Together, they're the king and queen of this land.
Ian LauerHOST
Now, Andromeda's mother, Cassiopeia, has a specific quality that everybody in the kingdom is aware of, but nobody dares say out loud to her.
6 MINS LATER
Ian LauerHOST
And now the whole place realizes that whatever is happening out there in the water is getting closer.
Ian LauerHOST
The kingdom is starting to die from the edges inward.
Ian LauerHOST
King Cepheus knows he has to do something, but he doesn't know what he should do.
Ian LauerHOST
How do you deal with something you can't see or even understand? He knows he can't just stand around and wait, so he heads to the Oracle for answers.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
Her words made Perseus the more determined to help her.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
Why is Neptune angry, he asked, and who has dared to treat you so cruelly? I am Andromeda, daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king and queen of this land, replied the maiden.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
My mother boasted that I was more beautiful than any nymph in Neptune's palace.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
Her pride enraged Neptune so that he raised great storms and sent a terrible monster to devour our people.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
At this moment the monster, huge and ugly, came plowing through the water.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
Perseus could not be seen because he had put on his cap of darkness, and before the creature could harm the maiden, its head was cut off by the sword of light.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
On his swift-winged sandals, Perseus, with Andromeda in his arms, now flew to the palace of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
Ed MeadNARRATOR
There had been many glad weddings before that of Perseus and Andromeda, but none was ever more joyful.
Martha OrnseNARRATOR
Impatiently, Harry now awaited his sister, who had promised to take him on another trip to Starland.
Martha OrnseNARRATOR
the room was in total darkness a nurse had raised the curtains looking right into one window was the mighty giant orion while the twins peeped into another story of the royal family it is as good as a play said harry as his sister started to tell him about them first of all she said i am going to tell you the story of the royal family although we cannot see them from this window you can get a glimpse of cepheus from your own room but the rest of the royal family are overhead you would have to make a hole through the roof if you wanted to watch them while i told the story if we could go out-doors as we did last summer could we see them overhead asked harry yes replied his sister but it is too cold now to look at them except from a warm cosy room to-morrow i shall show you a map of these stars and when the days grow warm again we can look for them in the sky can you see them during the summer time as well as in the winter asked harry yes we can see them all year round just as we can see the pole star and the great dipper the royal family consists of king cepheus queen cassiopeia and her daughter andromeda sometimes called the chain lady perseus the rescuer is at the feet of andromeda while her head rests upon the shoulder of the winged horse pegasus the grecians told a wonderful story about this family it appears that cassiopeia boasted of her beauty and said she was more attractive than juno the wife of jupiter as for her daughter andromeda not a nymph in the sea could compare with her in good looks you may imagine how juno and the sea nymphs felt when they heard this vain boast They determined to have revenge, and Juno asked Jupiter to punish Cassiopeia, so she was sent away from the Earth and placed among the stars with her husband Cepheus.
Martha OrnseNARRATOR
As for Andromeda, the sea nymphs asked Neptune to send a sea monster to devour her.
Martha OrnseNARRATOR
She was chained to a rock so that she might not escape the sterile fate, but just as the monster was approaching, a brave hero named Perseus came to her rescue.
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