Aries - Revision history

IanRidpath: /* Almagest Κριός */ OCR errors

2026-05-20T10:06:16Z

Almagest Κριός: OCR errors

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	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκφύσεως τῆς οὐρᾶς		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκφύσεως τῆς οὐρᾶς
	\|The star on the place where the tail joins [ the body]		\|The star on the place where the tail joins [the body]
	\|eps Ari		\|eps Ari
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	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀπισθίου ἀκρόποδος		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀπισθίου ἀκρόποδος
	\|The star an the hind hoof		\|The star on the hind hoof
	\|mu Ari		\|mu Ari
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	\|ἀστέρες ιχ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους β, δ’ δ,ἐς,ςα		\|ἀστέρες ιχ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους β, δ’ δ,ἐς,ςα
	\|13 stars, 2 of the third magnitude, 4 of the fourth, 6 of the fifth., 1 of the sixth		\|13 stars, 2 of the third magnitude, 4 of the fourth, 6 of the fifth, 1 of the sixth
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	!Οἱ περὶ τὸν Κριὸν ἀμόρφωτοι		!Οἱ περὶ τὸν Κριὸν ἀμόρφωτοι
	!Stars ~~araund~~ Aries outside the constellation		!Stars around Aries outside the constellation
	!		!
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	\|τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ὀσφὺν δ ὁ ἐπόμενος καὶ λαμπρότερος.		\|τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ὀσφὺν δ ὁ ἐπόμενος καὶ λαμπρότερος.
	\|The 4 stars over the rump: the rearmost,_ which is brighter [than the others]		\|The 4 stars over the rump: the rearmost, which is brighter [than the others]
	\|41 Ari		\|41 Ari
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	\|ἀστέρες ἓ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἄ, δ’ ἂ, γ.		\|ἀστέρες ἓ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἄ, δ’ ἂ, γ.
	\|5 stars, I of the third magnitude, 1 of the fourth, 3 of the fifth		\|5 stars, 1 of the third magnitude, 1 of the fourth, 3 of the fifth
	\|		\|
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff at 11:41, 19 May 2026

2026-05-19T11:41:35Z

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	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	[[Category:Zodiac]] [[Category:Ari]]		[[Category:Zodiac]] [[Category:Ari]]
	~~[[Category:4work]]~~

IanRidpath: /* Weblinks */ Added Warburg link

2026-05-18T14:41:21Z

Weblinks: Added Warburg link

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	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==

	*		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017059 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Aries]

	==References==		==References==

YoulaAzkarrula at 23:43, 15 May 2026

2026-05-15T23:43:57Z

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	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]]
	[[Category:Constellation]]		[[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Asterism]]
	[[Category:Almagest]]		[[Category:Almagest]]
	[[Category:Mesopotamian]]		[[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:West Asian]]		[[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]]
	[[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	[[Category:Zodiac]]		[[Category:Zodiac]] [[Category:Ari]]
	[[Category:4work]]		[[Category:4work]]

Sushoff: /* Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) */

2026-02-27T18:47:19Z

Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10)

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	\|		\|Psc 29
	\|		\|Ari 26
	\|		\|Gem 29
	\|		\|Cnc 29
	\|-		\|-
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	\|star		\|star
	\|		\|the one in the front feet
	\|		\|the rear one of those in the tail
	\|		\|
	\|		\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|duration		\|duration
	\| colspan="4" \|2 ~~2/3~~ hours = ~~160~~ min = ~~40°~~		\| colspan="4" \|2 hours = 120 min = 30°
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff: /* Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) */

2026-02-27T18:00:18Z

Rising (Lib II Cap V §10)

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	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

	====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======		====== Rising (Lib III Cap III §10) ======
	<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>		<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
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	\|		\|Psc 18 1/2
	\|		\|Ari 21
	\|		\|Sgr 23 1/2
	\|		\|Cap 14
	\|-		\|-
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	\|star		\|star
	\|		\|the one at the front foot
	\|		\|the rear one of those in the tail
	\|		\|
	\|		\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|duration		\|duration
	\| colspan="4" \|2 1/~~8 hours~~ = ~~127.5~~ min = ~~31 7/8~~ degree		\| colspan="4" \|1 2/5hours = 84 min = 21 degree
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff: /* Origin of Constellation */

2026-02-26T19:20:57Z

Origin of Constellation

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	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
			In ancient times,<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref> Aries was associated with the first month of the year because the beginning of the year was equated with the awakening of spring and the lambs' leap. In Old and Middle Babylonian, no animal was conceived at this point in the zodiac, but rather a human being: the wage labourer who was now rehired because cattle had to be herded in the pastures and agriculture had to be practised. The Babylonian constellation ‘Wage Labourer’ was associated with the god of shepherds, Dumuzi, the husband of the goddess Inanna/Ishtar.

			How the wage labourer became an aries remains a mystery, for which science has several theories: Of course, it may be that the ram was Greek and that when the Babylonian zodiac was adopted, the foreign labourer was simply replaced by a constellation of their own. However, this is unlikely because all other foreign images were adopted, even if it was difficult to integrate them into their own Greek mythology (see Capricorn).

			It is therefore more likely that the change already took place in Babylon before the zodiac was exported all over the world. Since the mid-20th century, there has been a hypothesis of a Babylonian play on words: the labourer is called LU.ḪUN.GA, whereby the prefix LU only indicates that this is a designation for a human being. Like all scientists, the Babylonians tended to use abbreviations and often wrote only the sign for the first spoken syllable, i.e. ḪUN: this is documented on clay tablets. However, this cuneiform sign is very similar to the sign for UDU, sheep, so it could be a joke or a misunderstanding in translations into Greek or other languages.

			Aratos and Eratosthenes are certain that a ram was sacrificed here. In general, rams were popular sacrificial animals. In addition, Zeus himself is sometimes identified with a ram. The ram in the sky must therefore be a special ram, and that is what the myth is about.

	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
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	==Mythology==		==Mythology==
			<ref name=":0" />Eratosthenes recounts that the ram was an immortal creature given to the children Phrixos and Helle by the sorceress queen Nephele. She had been rejected by her husband and wanted to save her children from their stepmother. So the flying, talking ram with the golden fleece carried the two children away from the royal palace. He dropped the girl, Helle, into the sea, where she was saved by Poseidon. Helle bore Poseidon a son named Paion, and the sea is now named after the princess, Hellespont. The ram carried the boy, Phrixos, across the Black Sea to King Aietes. Then he took off his golden fleece, gave it to the king as a souvenir, and ascended to the stars himself.

			Greek and Roman poets have adapted this story and added more details. They agree that the ram shines only faintly in the sky because its golden fleece remained in Colchis.

			There it was hung in the sacred grove, and when the Greeks wanted it back, it gave rise to the voyage of the Argonauts. Jason, who had to earn his throne, travelled across the sea in the Argo and, after his polite requests were ignored, stole the fleece from the grove. He was helped in this by the king's daughter Medea, whom he subsequently married. They spent their wedding night on the golden fleece of the ram.

	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==

Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

2026-02-22T17:32:49Z

Hipparchus

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	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

			====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======
			<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!
			! colspan="2" \|east
			! colspan="2" \|south
			\|-
			!
			!lam1
			!lam2
			!lam1
			!lam2
			\|-
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|
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			\|-
			\|star
			\|
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			\|
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			\|-
			\|duration
			\| colspan="4" \|2 1/8 hours = 127.5 min = 31 7/8 degree
			\|}

			====== Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) ======
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!
			! colspan="2" \|west
			! colspan="2" \|south
			\|-
			!
			!lam1
			!lam2
			!lam1
			!lam2
			\|-
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|-
			\|
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			\|
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			\|-
			\|star
			\|
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			\|-
			\|duration
			\| colspan="4" \|2 2/3 hours = 160 min = 40°
			\|}

			====== Stars Mentioned ======
			{\| class="wikitable"
			\|+
			!
			!Greek
			!German
			!English
			!ident.
			!src
			!
			!lam_culm
			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, first
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			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, last
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			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap VI §2
			\|setting CrB, south, last
			\|Psc 13.5
			\|-
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			\|Lib II Cap VI §13
			\|setting Aql, south, first
			\|Ari 2
			\|-
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			\|Lib III Cap I §9
			\|rising Ori, south, last
			\|Psc 13
			\|}

	===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====		===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====

YoulaAzkarrula: /* Almagest Κριός */

2026-02-06T10:29:10Z

Almagest Κριός

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Sushoff at 13:10, 20 January 2026

2026-01-20T13:10:23Z

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			Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}
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	[[File:Aries (ari).tiff\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Aries star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]		[[File:Aries (ari).tiff\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Aries star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]] is Aries, The Ram.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]] is Aries, The Ram.