Cēpheus

, a king of Æthiopia, father of Andromeda by Ca iope. He was one of the Argonauts, and was changed into a constellation after his death. Ovid , Metamorphoses , bk. 4 , li. 669 ; bk. 5 , li. 12 .— Pausanias , bk. 4 , ch. 35 ; bk. 8 , ch. 4 .— Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 9 ; bk. 2 , chs. 1, 4, & 7; bk. 3 , ch. 9 , mentions one, son of Aleus, and another, son of Belus. The former he makes king of Tegea and father of Sterope; and says that he, with his 12 sons, a isted Hercules in a war against Hippocoon, where they were killed. The latter he calls king of Æthiopia and father of Andromeda.――A son of Lycurgus, present at the chase of the Calydonian boar. Apollo dor us , bk. 1 , ch. 8 .