CEPHEUS

"In Greek mythology we read of the great Ethiopian king, Cepheus, whose fame was so great that he and his family were immortalized in the stars. The wife of King Cepheus was Queen Cassiopeia , and his daughter, Princess Andromeda. The star groups of the celestial sphere, which are named after them are called THE ROYAL FAMILY--the constellations CEPHEUS, CASSIOPEIA, and ANDROMEDA . It may seem strange that legendary rulers of ancient Ethiopia should still have their names graven of star maps, but the voice of history gives us a clue. A book on astrology attributed to Lucian states: 'The Ethiopians were the first to invent the science of stars, and gave names to the planets, not at random and without meaning, but descriptive of the qualities they conceived them to possess; and it was from them that this art passed, still in an imperfect state, to the Egyptians.'" P. 27-28, "Ethiopia and Astronomy," ETHIOPIA AND THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION by John G. Jackson, edited and illustrated by Dr. C.S. Moore (2015)