Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia is a constellation in the northern sky. It was named after the vain queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty. As punishment for her vanity she was forced to endlessly circle the North Star.
In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia boasted that both she and her daughter, Andromeda, were more beautiful than all of the Nereids, angering the god Poseidon.An Oracle informed Cassiopeia and her husband, the king, that the only way to appease Poseidon was to sacrifice Andromeda, who was saved from this fate by Perseus.
In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia boasted that both she and her daughter, Andromeda, were more beautiful than all of the Nereids, angering the god Poseidon.An Oracle informed Cassiopeia and her husband, the king, that the only way to appease Poseidon was to sacrifice Andromeda, who was saved from this fate by Perseus.
Poseidon told Odysseus that he would never again set foot on the land of his kingdom, Ithaca, after he boasted to Poseidon that he defeated Troy without the help of the gods.
It means I think he boasted but not for a good reason
boasted
Hubris.
Boasted has 2 syllables. The word can be broken down into two parts: boast-ed.
1 syllable
Orion was a great hunter. Once, he boasted that he could slay all the creatures on Earth. This made Gaia, (Mother Earth) very angry. She sent a deadly scorpion to attack him. Later then, Zeus turned both Orion and the Scorpion in the sky as constellations.
Boa-sted has two syllables.