When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or her daughter) is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia as divine punishment. In Greek mythology, Andromeda ( / æ n ˈ d r ɒ m ɪ d ə/ Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομέδα, romanized: Androméda or Ἀνδρομέδη, Andromédē) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia. Perses, Heleus, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Electryon, Mestor, Gorgophone