Cepheus (

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

: Κηφεύς ''Kepheús'') may refer to:

In Greek mythology

Cepheus (father of Andromeda) In Greek mythology, Cepheus (; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς ''Kepheús'') was the king of Aethiopia and the father of Andromeda, the princess who is saved by the hero Perseus. Family Cepheus was the son of either Belus, Agenor or Phoenix. Whe ...

, and King of Aethiopia * Cepheus (son of Aleus), a king of Tegea, Arcadia

In astronomy

Cepheus (constellation) Cepheus is a constellation in the deep northern sky, named after Cepheus, King of Aethiopia, Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the second century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one ...

, one of the 88 modern constellations * Cepheus (crater), a lunar impact crater

In Computing

Cepheus (poker bot) Cepheus is the first poker playing program that "essentially weakly solved" the game of heads-up limit Texas hold 'em. This was the first imperfect information game played competitively by humans to be essentially solved. It was developed by the ...

In modern fiction

* Cepheus Daidalos, a fictional character in the manga and anime, Saint Seiya * Cepheus, the FM king in Mega Man Star Force * In the

Galaxy Railways is a Japanese anime television series produced by Leiji Matsumoto, creator of ''Galaxy Express 999'', and is about flying trains set in the far reaches of outer space. It began airing on October 4, 2003. Funimation licensed the anime for rele ...

, one of the squads is named the Cepheus Platoon.

Other uses

* USS Cepheus (AKA-18), an ''Andromeda'' class attack cargo ship {{disambiguation