a king of Ethiopia; husband of Cassiope. father of Andromeda
Latin word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 5.8: nec vero Atlans sustinere caelum nec Prometheus adfixus Caucaso nec stellatus Cepheus cum uxore genero filia traderetur, nisi caelestium divina cognitio nomen eorum ad errorem fabulae traduxisset …
Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.191: Alba decent fuscas: albis, Cepheï, placebas:
Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.669: Aethiopum populos Cepheaque conspicit arva.