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I was having discussion with my daughter who is in Grade 7 about the movie "Clash of the Titans." She so surprise to learn that the King Kepheus father of Andromeda was a Ethiopian according to Greek mythology and the country or City of Argos was refer to as Ethiopia in the Mythology as his Home.
The question is was Greece or parts of it, back then in Mythological time consider a part of Ethiopia?
According to Pliny (I think) it was ruled over by Ethiopians at some point in time....or was it founded by Ethiopians?
Kassiopeia (Cassiopeia)
The wife of Kepheus (Cepheus) and mother of Andromeda; she and Kepheus ruled Ethiopia.
Kassiopeia boasted that her lovely daughter, Andromeda, was more beautiful than the immortal Nereids; the Nereids were insulted by such immodest boasting and prevailed on Poseidon [lord of the Sea] to send one of his ketos, i.e. sea monsters, to lay waste to Ethiopia; when Kassiopeia and Kepheus consulted an oracle they were told that if Andromeda was sacrificed to the Immortals the devastation could be averted; with no other alternatives, Kassiopeia and Kepheus prepared to sacrifice Andromeda and save their land from certain destruction; at this opportune time, Perseus was returning from his battle with the Gorgons and had the severed head of Medusa in his kibisis; he confronted the ketos and, with the magical powers instilled in the head of Medusa, turned the beast to stone and saved Andromeda
Kepheus (Cepheus) 2
The Ethiopian king; the husband of Kassiopeia (Cassiopeia) and father of Andromeda.
His homeland was nearly destroyed when his wife, Kassiopeia, offended the Nereids by saying that her daughter was more lovely than the Nereids; the Nereids were insulted by such immodest boasting and prevailed on Poseidon [lord of the Sea] to send one of his ketos, i.e. sea monsters, to lay waste to Ethiopia; when Kassiopeia and Kepheus consulted an oracle they were told that if Andromeda was sacrificed to the Immortals the devastation could be averted; with no other alternatives, Kassiopeia and Kepheus prepared to sacrifice Andromeda and save their land from certain destruction; at this opportune time, Perseus was returning from his battle with the Gorgons and had the severed head of Medusa in his kibisis; he confronted the ketos and, with the magical powers instilled in the head of Medusa, turned the beast to stone and saved Andromeda.
http://mythagora.com/encyctxt/enck.html#kepheus2