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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepheus_(Aithiopia)" title="Kepheus (Aithiopia) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kepheus (Aithiopia)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B7%CF%86%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Κηφέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κηφέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefeo" title="Cefeo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cefeo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefeo" title="Cefeo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Cefeo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zefeo" title="Zefeo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Zefeo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="سفیوس پادشاه اتیوپیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سفیوس پادشاه اتیوپیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9ph%C3%A9e_(%C3%89thiopie)" title="Céphée (Éthiopie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Céphée (Éthiopie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefeo" title="Cefeo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Cefeo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%ED%8E%98%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4" title="케페우스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케페우스" 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hreflang="ja" data-title="ケーペウス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefevs" title="Kefevs – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Kefevs" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kefey" title="Kefey – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kefey" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefeusz_(syn_Belosa)" title="Cefeusz (syn Belosa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" 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#CEF2E0;">Cepheus</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="font-size: 110%;">King of <a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Cepheusurania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ea/Cepheusurania.jpg/220px-Cepheusurania.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="314" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ea/Cepheusurania.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="364" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEF2E0;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline;" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belus_(Egyptian)" title="Belus (Egyptian)">Belus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Achiroe" title="Achiroe">Achiroe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Danaus" title="Danaus">Danaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aegyptus" title="Aegyptus">Aegyptus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)" title="Phineus (son of Belus)">Phineus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Consort</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(mother_of_Andromeda)" title="Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda)">Cassiopeia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Offspring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" title="Andromeda (mythology)">Andromeda</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>, <b>Cepheus</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Ancient Greek</a>: Κηφεύς <i>Kepheús</i>) was the name of two rulers of <a href="/wiki/Aethiopia_(Classical_Greek_term)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aethiopia (Classical Greek term)">Aethiopia</a>, grandfather and grandson. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cepheus was the son of either <a href="/wiki/Belus_(Egyptian)" title="Belus (Egyptian)">Belus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Agenor" title="Agenor">Agenor</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_(son_of_Agenor)" title="Phoenix (son of Agenor)">Phoenix</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If Belus was his father, he had <a href="/wiki/Achiroe" title="Achiroe">Achiroe</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Nilus_(mythology)" title="Nilus (mythology)">Nilus</a>, as his mother, and <a href="/wiki/Danaus" title="Danaus">Danaus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aegyptus" title="Aegyptus">Aegyptus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)" title="Phineus (son of Belus)">Phineus</a> as brothers. He was called Iasid Cepheus, pertaining to his Argive ancestry through King <a href="/wiki/Iasus" title="Iasus">Iasus</a> of <a href="/wiki/Argos,_Peloponnese" title="Argos, Peloponnese">Argus</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/Io_(mythology)" title="Io (mythology)">Io</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg/312px-Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg" decoding="async" width="312" height="229" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg/468px-Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg/624px-Mignard-Andromeda_and_Perseus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1117" data-file-height="820" /></a><figcaption>Metamorphoses of Ovide <i>(the king of Greece, Céphée, and the queen, Cassiopé, thank the hero Perseus for having delivered their daughter Andromeda, offered in sacrifice to a marine monster)</i> by Pierre Mignard (1679) at Louvre Museum, Paris</figcaption></figure> <p>Cepheus is prominently featured in the <a href="/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus">Perseus</a> legend as the husband of <a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(mother_of_Andromeda)" title="Cassiopeia (mother of Andromeda)">Cassiopeia</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" title="Andromeda (mythology)">Princess Andromeda</a>, and brother of <a href="/wiki/Phineus_(son_of_Belus)" title="Phineus (son of Belus)">Phineus</a>, who expects to marry Andromeda. Various sources describe his kingdom to be "<a href="/wiki/Aethiopia" title="Aethiopia">Aethiopia</a>" or later, the city of Joppa (<a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenicia</a>, which was named after the elder Cepheus's wife, Iope, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Aeolus_(son_of_Hellen)" title="Aeolus (son of Hellen)">Aeolus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cassiopeia boasts that Andromeda is more beautiful than the <a href="/wiki/Nereid" class="mw-redirect" title="Nereid">Nereids</a>, angering both the sea nymphs and <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a>. In response, Poseidon sends a flood and the sea monster <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" title="Cetus (mythology)">Cetus</a> to attack Aethiopia. Cepheus and Cassiopeia seek guidance from the <a href="/wiki/Oracle" title="Oracle">oracle</a> of <a href="/wiki/Amun" title="Amun">Ammon</a> (identified with <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>) at the oasis of Siwa in the Libyan desert; she declares the calamity will not end until Andromeda is offered to the monster as a <a href="/wiki/Human_sacrifice" title="Human sacrifice">human sacrifice</a>. The king chains his daughter to a rock by the shore to be devoured by Cetus at the whim of his subjects. </p><p>Andromeda is saved when Perseus, flying home with his trophy head of <a href="/wiki/Medusa" title="Medusa">Medusa</a>, passes by the kingdom of Cepheus and notices a beautiful girl chained to a rock on the shore. Perseus falls in love with her and undertakes to slay the monster if she promises to marry him; in a slightly different version, he approaches Cepheus. The hero then kills the monster (or turns it to stone by showing it the <a href="/wiki/Gorgon" class="mw-redirect" title="Gorgon">Gorgon’s</a> head). Perseus washes off his blood in a spring near the city of Joppa, which apocryphally turns red as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cepheus and Cassiopeia allow Perseus to become Andromeda's husband after he uses Medusa's head to turn Phineus and his men to stone for plotting against him.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Hyginus</a>, the betrothed of Andromeda is named <a href="/wiki/Agenor_(mythology)" title="Agenor (mythology)">Agenor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After spending a year or so at the court of his father-in-law, Perseus finally sets off for <a href="/wiki/Seriphos" class="mw-redirect" title="Seriphos">Seriphos</a> with his wife. Since Cepheus has no heir of his own, the departing couple allows him to adopt their first-born child, <a href="/wiki/Perses_(son_of_Andromeda_and_Perseus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Perses (son of Andromeda and Perseus)">Perses</a>, who is destined to give his name to the Persians. Cepheus is later made into the constellation <a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" title="Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cepheus">2.1.4</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Nonnus" title="Nonnus">Nonnus</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dionysiaca" title="Dionysiaca">Dionysiaca</a></i> 2.682–683</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Hyginus</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/De_astronomia" title="De astronomia">De astronomica</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/207#2.9.1">2.9.1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Aratus" title="Aratus">Aratus</a>, <i>Phaenomena</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theoi.com/Text/AratusPhaenomena.html">189</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium" title="Stephanus of Byzantium">Stephanus of Byzantium</a>, s.v. <i>Iope: Ἰόπη</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+4.35.9&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:book=0:chapter=0&highlight=Cepheus">4.35.9</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ovid" title="Ovid">Ovid</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Metamorphoses" title="Metamorphoses">Metamorphoses</a></i> 5.1–238</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hyginus, <i>Fabulae</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/206#64">64</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_sources">Primary sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cepheus_(father_of_Andromeda)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Primary sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Apollodorus</a>, <i>The Library</i> with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021">Greek text available from the same website</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aratus" title="Aratus">Aratus Solensis</a>, <i>Phaenomena</i> translated by G. R. Mair. Loeb Classical Library Volume 129. London: William Heinemann, 1921. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/551">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a></li> <li>Aratus Solensis, <i>Phaenomena</i>. G. R. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0483">Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Gaius Julius Hyginus</a>, <i>Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus</i> translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/207">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a></li> <li>Hyginus. <i>Fabulae and Astronomica.</i> Translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies, no. 34. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.</li> <li>Gaius Julius Hyginus, <i>Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus</i> translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/206">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>, <i>The Histories</i> with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-99133-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-99133-8">0-674-99133-8</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/22">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0125">Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonnus" title="Nonnus">Nonnus of Panopolis</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dionysiaca" title="Dionysiaca">Dionysiaca</a></i> translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://topostext.org/work/529">Online version at the Topos Text Project.</a></li> <li>Nonnus of Panopolis, <i>Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.</i> W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485">Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a>, <i>Description of Greece</i> with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. 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Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028">Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.</a></li> <li>Publius Ovidius Naso, <i>Metamorphoses.</i> Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029">Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanus_of_Byzantium" title="Stephanus of Byzantium">Stephanus of Byzantium</a>, <i>Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,</i> edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. 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