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	* [[UD.KA.DU8.A\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A]]		* [[UD.KA.DU8.A\|UD.KA.DU<sub>8</sub>.A]]

	[[File:Kugel family.JPG\|thumb\|Kugel Globe (~~1st~~ c.~~BCE~~): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.]]		[[File:Kugel family.JPG\|thumb\|Kugel Globe (4th c.CE): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.]]

	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Cep Kugel.jpg\|Cep on the Kugel Globe (private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris).
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-019.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Cepheus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-019.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Cepheus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-019.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Cepheus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-019.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Cepheus

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	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
			[[File:Cep Kugel.jpg\|thumb\|Cep on the Kugel Globe (private collection of Nicolas and Alexis Kugel, Paris).]]

	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 48-49)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Κηφές):''' It is the fourth constellation in the sequence. From his feet to his chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of his body, up to the top of his head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. </blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two stars on his head, one bright star on his right arm, one on each shoulder, three on his shoulder girdle, seven on his right hip, and two on his left knee.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κηφές):''' It occupies fourth place in the order of the constellations. From the feet to the chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of the body, up to the top of the head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. Out of consideration for Andromeda, Cepheus was also placed amongst the constellations on the advice of Athena.</blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two bright stars on his head, one on each shoulder, one on each arm, one dim star on each elbow, three dim stars slanting across his shoulder girdle, one on his right hip, two on his left knee, four above his feet, and one at the tip of his foot. Nineteen in all.</blockquote>		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 48-49)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Κηφές):''' It is the fourth constellation in the sequence. From his feet to his chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of his body, up to the top of his head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. </blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two stars on his head, one bright star on his right arm, one on each shoulder, three on his shoulder girdle, seven on his right hip, and two on his left knee.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κηφές):''' It occupies fourth place in the order of the constellations. From the feet to the chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of the body, up to the top of the head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. Out of consideration for Andromeda, Cepheus was also placed amongst the constellations on the advice of Athena.</blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two bright stars on his head, one on each shoulder, one on each arm, one dim star on each elbow, three dim stars slanting across his shoulder girdle, one on his right hip, two on his left knee, four above his feet, and one at the tip of his foot. Nineteen in all.</blockquote>'''Eratosthenes's star catalogue''' can be reconstructed from the list of stars he mentions in the last section of each of the constelllation descriptions. Hoffmann (2017)<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> made such a catalogue and used it for computational comparison with Hipparchus's, Ptolemy's and Babylonian data; it is based on the edition and translation by Pamias and Geus (2007)<ref>Eratosthenes: Sternsagen, übersetzt von Pamìas, Jordi und Geus, Klaus, Verlag Utopica, Oberhaid 2007</ref> and presented here in English translation.

	{\|class="wikitable"		{\|class="wikitable"
	\|+		\|+

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+		The star catalogue of Hipparchus is not preserved. Yet, several scholars have reconstructed it in the past century: Vogt (1925)<ref>Vogt, H., “Versuch einer Wiederherstellung von Hipparchs Fixsternver zeichnis”, <nowiki><i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i></nowiki>, vol. 224, no. 2, Wiley, p. 17, 1925. doi:10.1002/asna.19252240202.</ref>, Grasshoff (1990)<ref>Graßhoff, G., <nowiki><i>The History of Ptolemy's Star Catalogue</i></nowiki>, Springer, New York, 1990 </ref>, Hoffmann (2017)<ref>Hoffmann, S. M., <nowiki><i>Hipparchs Himmelsglobus</i></nowiki>. Springer Wiesbaden/ New York, 2017. doi:10.1007/978-3-658-18683-8.</ref> and Glover (2026)<ref>Glover, E. (2026). ''The Astronomy of Hipparchus'', Cambridge University Press</ref>. Grasshoff's catalogue and computations are not published digitally, Hoffmann published three versions of the Manitius+Hoffmann<ref>Hipparchus's Lost Star Catalogue (1/2 reconstructed) (Hoffmann, 2017) in VizieR</ref> star lists in the CDS [https://vizier.unistra.fr/ VizieR] "catalog of catalogs", and Glover printed the star lists constellationwise in his book.
	!		{\|class="wikitable"
	!~~Greek~~		\|+ Hipparchus's star in Aquarius (Glover 2026)
	!~~German~~
	!~~English~~		!hipp.Cat.ID
	!ident.		!constStarID
	!~~src~~		!starName
	!		!ident.Bayer
	!~~lam_culm~~		!ident.HIP
			!concordance
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|177
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α Cep
	\|		\|105199
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|178
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β Cep
	\|		\|106032
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|179
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ Cep
	\|		\|116727
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting CrB, south, last~~
	~~\|Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|180
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ Cep
	\|		\|110991
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting Aql, south, first~~
	~~\|Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|181
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ε Cep
	\|		\|109857
	\|~~Lib III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc~~ 13		\|182
			\|6
			\|
			\|ζ Cep
			\|109492
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|183
			\|7
			\|
			\|η Cep
			\|102422
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|184
			\|8
			\|
			\|θ Cep
			\|101093
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|185
			\|9
			\|
			\|ι Cep
			\|112724
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|186
			\|10
			\|
			\|κ Cep
			\|99255
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|187
			\|11
			\|
			\|λ Cep
			\|109556
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|188
			\|12
			\|
			\|μ Cep
			\|107259
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|189
			\|13
			\|
			\|ξ Cep
			\|108917
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|190
			\|14
			\|
			\|α Lac (Cep)
			\|111169
			\|CPAE
			\|-
			\|191
			\|15
			\|
			\|β Lac (Cep)
			\|110538
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

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	\|tet Cep		\|tet Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|7
	\|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει		\|ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει
	\|The star in the chest		\|The star in the chest
	\|xi Cep		\|xi Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|8
	\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχύουος		\|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχύουος
	\|The star on the left arm		\|The star on the left arm
	\|iot Cep		\|iot Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|9
	\|τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς τιάρας 7’ ὁ νότιος.		\|τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς τιάρας 7’ ὁ νότιος.
	\|The southernmost of the 3 stars on the tiara		\|The southernmost of the 3 stars on the tiara
	\|eps Cep		\|eps Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|10
	\|ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.		\|ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.
	\|The middle one of the three		\|The middle one of the three
	\|zet Cep		\|zet Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|11
	\|ὁ βορειότερος τῶν τριῶν.		\|ὁ βορειότερος τῶν τριῶν.
	\|The northernmost of the three		\|The northernmost of the three
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	\|-		\|-
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	\|ὁ προηγούμενος τῆς τιάρας.		\|ὁ προηγούμενος τῆς τιάρας.
	\|The one in advance of the tiara		\|The one in advance of the tiara
	\|mu Cep		\|mu Cep
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|13
	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος τῇ τιάρα		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος τῇ τιάρα
	\|The one to the rear of the tiara		\|The one to the rear of the tiara

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	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017041 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Cepheus]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017041 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Cepheus]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/cepheus.html – Cepheus]

	==References==		==References==

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 [[File:Cepheus IAU.svg|thumb|Cep star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
 Cepheus, The King, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]].

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 48-49)<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' It is the fourth constellation in the sequence. From his feet to his chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of his body, up to the top of his head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. </blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two stars on his head, one bright star on his right arm, one on each shoulder, three on his shoulder girdle, seven on his right hip, and two on his left knee.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' It occupies fourth place in the order of the constellations. From the feet to the chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of the body, up to the top of the head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. Out of consideration for Andromeda, Cepheus was also placed amongst the constellations on the advice of Athena.</blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two bright stars on his head, one on each shoulder, one on each arm, one dim star on each elbow, three dim stars slanting across his shoulder girdle, one on his right hip, two on his left knee, four above his feet, and one at the tip of his foot. Nineteen in all.</blockquote>		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 48-49)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Κηφές):''' It is the fourth constellation in the sequence. From his feet to his chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of his body, up to the top of his head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. </blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two stars on his head, one bright star on his right arm, one on each shoulder, three on his shoulder girdle, seven on his right hip, and two on his left knee.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Κηφές):''' It occupies fourth place in the order of the constellations. From the feet to the chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of the body, up to the top of the head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. Out of consideration for Andromeda, Cepheus was also placed amongst the constellations on the advice of Athena.</blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two bright stars on his head, one on each shoulder, one on each arm, one dim star on each elbow, three dim stars slanting across his shoulder girdle, one on his right hip, two on his left knee, four above his feet, and one at the tip of his foot. Nineteen in all.</blockquote>

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

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 48-49)<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' It is the fourth constellation in the sequence. From his feet to his chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of his body, up to the top of his head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. </blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two stars on his head, one bright star on his right arm, one on each shoulder, three on his shoulder girdle, seven on his right hip, and two on his left knee.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' It occupies fourth place in the order of the constellations. From the feet to the chest, it lies within the Arctic Circle, whilst the rest of the body, up to the top of the head, lies between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer. According to Euripides, he was a king of Ethiopia and the father of Andromeda. He is said to have offered his own daughter as a sacrifice to the sea monster, whom Perseus, son of Zeus, managed to save. Out of consideration for Andromeda, Cepheus was also placed amongst the constellations on the advice of Athena.</blockquote><blockquote>Cepheus has two bright stars on his head, one on each shoulder, one on each arm, one dim star on each elbow, three dim stars slanting across his shoulder girdle, one on his right hip, two on his left knee, four above his feet, and one at the tip of his foot. Nineteen in all.</blockquote>

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