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Sushoff: /* Aratos */

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Aratos

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	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====
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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====

Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

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Hipparchus

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	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====
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	===== Geminos =====		===== Geminos =====

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

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Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' not mentioned		<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' not mentioned </blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' Above Leo, we can also see seven faint stars, forming a triangle near the tail. They are known as “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”.</blockquote>Pamias and Zucker (2013)<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref>

	'''Var. 2:''' Above Leo, we can also see seven faint stars, forming a triangle near the tail. They are known as “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”. </blockquote>Pamias and Zucker (2013)<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref>

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

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

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Eratosthenes

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	<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' not mentioned		<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' not mentioned

			'''Var. 2:''' Above Leo, we can also see seven faint stars, forming a triangle near the tail. They are known as “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”. </blockquote>Pamias and Zucker (2013)<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref>
	'''Var. 2:''' Above Leo, we can also see seven faint stars, forming a triangle near the tail. They are known as “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”. </blockquote>

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

Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

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Eratosthenes

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' not mentioned


			'''Var. 2:''' Above Leo, we can also see seven faint stars, forming a triangle near the tail. They are known as “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”. </blockquote>

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

Sushoff at 12:13, 19 May 2026

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	[[Category:~~African~~]]		[[Category:Africa]]
	[[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Com]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Com]]

Sushoff at 12:13, 19 May 2026

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	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Com]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Com]]

Sushoff at 12:12, 19 May 2026

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YoulaAzkarrula at 02:35, 18 May 2026

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Sushoff: /* Etymology and History */

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Etymology and History

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	This figure has only been regarded as a constellation since Tycho Brahe included it in his catalogue in 1602, but the figure itself is ancient. It is treated as an association of faint stars in the constellation Leo; in the ''Almagest'', for example, it is described as a ‘nebulous mass’ representing a ‘curl’.		<ref name=":0">Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref>This figure has only been regarded as a constellation since Tycho Brahe included it in his catalogue in 1602, but the figure itself is ancient. It is treated as an association of faint stars in the constellation Leo; in the ''Almagest'', for example, it is described as a ‘nebulous mass’ representing a ‘curl’.

	The ''Almagest'' does not define whose curly hair is being represented here. It is not mentioned in Aratos, but the figure appears in Eratosthenes. Interestingly, he mentions it twice and somewhat confusedly: In one of the two surviving text versions of Eratosthenes on the lion, there is a supplement to the list of stars in which he speaks of a triangle of stars next to the lion's tail and calls it the ‘curl of Berenice’. However, the fact that he also mentions a curl in the constellation of the Northern Crown – the curl of Ariadne – causes more confusion. Philologists therefore speculate whether, after Berenice II was removed by her son for political reasons, it was not appropriate for a time to speak of the "Lock of Berenice". There are astronomical reasons against this, but if the curl was – at least temporarily – assigned to Ariadne, this was not permanent, as the cult of Berenice subsequently became more important.		The ''Almagest'' does not define whose curly hair is being represented here. It is not mentioned in Aratos, but the figure appears in Eratosthenes. Interestingly, he mentions it twice and somewhat confusedly: In one of the two surviving text versions of Eratosthenes on the lion, there is a supplement to the list of stars in which he speaks of a triangle of stars next to the lion's tail and calls it the ‘curl of Berenice’. However, the fact that he also mentions a curl in the constellation of the Northern Crown – the curl of Ariadne – causes more confusion. Philologists therefore speculate whether, after Berenice II was removed by her son for political reasons, it was not appropriate for a time to speak of the "Lock of Berenice". There are astronomical reasons against this, but if the curl was – at least temporarily – assigned to Ariadne, this was not permanent, as the cult of Berenice subsequently became more important.

	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
	Berenice was the name of several queens of Egypt. According to Eratosthenes, this refers to Berenice II Euergetis, the wife of the Greek ruler Ptolemy III. The royal couple were already revered for their charity during their lifetime: they were regarded as a pair of gods in Egypt and worshipped in Crete and Athens. The constellation is said to have been invented by Konon of Samos in 241 BCE. While Eratosthenes worked as a librarian and teacher of princes in Alexandria, Konon was the king's astronomer.		Berenice was the name of several queens of Egypt.<ref name=":0" /> According to Eratosthenes, this refers to Berenice II Euergetis, the wife of the Greek ruler Ptolemy III. The royal couple were already revered for their charity during their lifetime: they were regarded as a pair of gods in Egypt and worshipped in Crete and Athens. The constellation is said to have been invented by Konon of Samos in 241 BCE. While Eratosthenes worked as a librarian and teacher of princes in Alexandria, Konon was the king's astronomer.

	In Mesopotamia, the panicle of the date palm of the goddess Erua was in this place - neither a tuft of hair nor a curl of a queen.		In Mesopotamia, the panicle of the date palm of the goddess Erua was in this place - neither a tuft of hair nor a curl of a queen.
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===

	==~~Greek~~ Mythology==		==Mythology==
			'''Greek'''<ref name=":0" />

	The contemporary poet Kallimachos described why Konon invented the constellation, and the Roman poet Catullus translated it into Latin around 200 years later.		The contemporary poet Kallimachos described why Konon invented the constellation, and the Roman poet Catullus translated it into Latin around 200 years later.