THE UNIVERSE IN WHICH WE LIVE 



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Cepheus and Cassiopeia were the king and queen of Ethiopia. 

 The queen was very beautiful but also very vain so much so 

 that she had the temerity to compare herself to the sea nymphs. 

 This so enraged them that they sent a monster of frightful mien 

 to ravage the coasts of the kingdom. The king and queen were 

 informed by the oracle that the only way to stop its awful visita- 

 tions was to chain their daughter Andromeda to the rocks and 



FIG. 13. Pegasus 



allow the monster to have her; so Andromeda was prepared 

 for the sacrifice. Perseus was just then returning on his famous 

 charger Pegasus from his great adventure, during which he slew 

 the Gorgon and brought back its head. He saw the beautiful 

 Andromeda chained to the rock, slew the dragon, and so won her 

 for his bride. 



If the same two stars in the back of Cassiopeia's Chair that 

 were used to point to Perseus be again used as pointers, but the 



