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Cassiopeia (/ˌkæsiəˈpiːə/) or Cassiopea may refer to:
Mythology[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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, the mother of Octavian in The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing
- Cassiopeia, a playable character in the online multiplayer video game League of Legends
Music[edit]
- 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
- Casiopea (album), the group's self-titled debut album from 1979
- "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
Fictional Characters[edit]
- Cassiopeia "Cassie" Sullivan, a character in the 5th Wave Trilogy, written by Rick Yancey.
- Cassiopeia, a magical tortoise in Michael Ende's fantasy book Momo
Other[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Boast of Cassiopeia
- Kassiopi, a village, and a resort on the affluent north east coast of Corfu
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