Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia (/ˌkæsiəˈpiːə/) or Cassiopea may refer to:

Mythology

• Cassiopeia (Ancient Greek: Κασσιόπεια), also Cassiepeia (Κασσιέπεια), is the name of three different figures in Greek mythology:
  • Cassiopeia (Queen of Aethiopia), queen of Aethiopia and mother of Andromeda by Cepheus
  • Cassiopeia (wife of Phoenix), wife of Phoenix, king of Phoenicia
  • Cassiopeia, wife of Epaphus, king of Egypt, the son of Zeus and Io; mother of Libya

Science

• Cassiopeia (constellation), a northern constellation representing the queen of Ethiopia
  • Cassiopeia A, a supernova remnant in that constellation
• Cassiopea, the genus of the "upside-down" jellyfish

Entertainment

• Cassiopeia (film), a 1996 Brazilian CGI film
• Cassiopeia, a TV character from Battlestar Galactica
• Cassiopea (Encantadia), the first Queen of Lireo in the Encantadia fantasy series of GMA Network
• Cassiopeia, a tortoise featured in Michael Ende's fantasy book Momo
• Cassiopeia, the mother of Octavian in The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing

Music

• Cassiopeia (TVXQ), the fan club of South Korean boy band TVXQ
• "Cassiopeia" (1971) for percussion solo and orchestra, by Toru Takemitsu.
• Casiopea, (est. 1976) a Japanese jazz fusion group
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Shabütie (now known as Coheed and Cambria) from their 1999 EP The Penelope EP
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Joanna Newsom from her 2004 album The Milk-Eyed Mender
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Dragonland from their 2006 album Astronomy
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Sunny Lax from his 2006 EP P.U.M.A./Cassopeia
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Rain from his 2006 album Rain's World
• "Cassiopeia," a song by Sara Bareilles from her 2013 album The Blessed Unrest

Other

• Casio Cassiopeia, a series of pocket PCs
• Cassiopeia (train), an overnight rail service in Japan
• USS Cassiopeia (AK-75), a Crater Class cargo ship used by the United States Navy in World War II

See also

• Boast of Cassiopeia
• Kassiopi, a village, and a resort on the affluent north east coast of Corfu