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	Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 94-97)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that he was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and, anxious to preserve her virginity, fled to Atlas, as did most of the Nereids; since she had gone into hiding, Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to claim her, and amongst them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon [and brought her to him], and, going to meet the young woman, carried her ashore and delivered her to him4. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of it in the books he composed in honour of Eros.] </blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has two stars on its head, one on its snout, one on its back, two on its tail, and three on its fin. Nine in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that she was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and fled to Atlas, in order to preserve her virginity. Once she had hidden herself away, most of the Nereids hid as well; so Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to retrieve her, and among them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon of her whereabouts, and brought her to him. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of him in [the elegies], the books he composed in honour of Eros].</blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has one star on its snout, two on its dorsal fin, three on its pectoral fins, one star on its back, and two stars on its tail. Nine in all. It is also said that this animal is cherished by the Muses, because the number of its stars corresponds to that of the Muses.</blockquote>		Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 94-97)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that he was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and, anxious to preserve her virginity, fled to Atlas, as did most of the Nereids; since she had gone into hiding, Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to claim her, and amongst them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon [and brought her to him], and, going to meet the young woman, carried her ashore and delivered her to him4. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of it in the books he composed in honour of Eros.] </blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has two stars on its head, one on its snout, one on its back, two on its tail, and three on its fin. Nine in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that she was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and fled to Atlas, in order to preserve her virginity. Once she had hidden herself away, most of the Nereids hid as well; so Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to retrieve her, and among them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon of her whereabouts, and brought her to him. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of him in [the elegies], the books he composed in honour of Eros].</blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has one star on its snout, two on its dorsal fin, three on its pectoral fins, one star on its back, and two stars on its tail. Nine in all. It is also said that this animal is cherished by the Muses, because the number of its stars corresponds to that of the Muses.</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.

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Stars Mentioned

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	====== ~~Stars Mentioned~~ ======		====== Hipparchus's "lost" star Catalogue ======
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	\|+		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
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|256
	\|		\|1
	\|		\|
	\|		\|α Del
	\|		\|101958
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, first~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|257
	\|		\|2
	\|		\|
	\|		\|β Del
	\|		\|101769
	\|~~Lib II Cap V §10~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|rising, east, last~~
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|258
	\|		\|3
	\|		\|
	\|		\|γ Del (γ2)
	\|		\|102531
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §2~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting CrB, south, last~~
	~~\|Psc 13.5~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|259
	\|		\|4
	\|		\|
	\|		\|δ Del
	\|		\|102281
	\|~~Lib II Cap VI §13~~		\|CPAE
	~~\|setting Aql, south, first~~
	~~\|Ari 2~~
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|260
	\|		\|5
	\|		\|
	\|		\|ε Del
	\|		\|101421
	\|~~Lib III Cap I §9~~		\|CPAE
	\|~~rising Ori, south, last~~		\|-
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|261
			\|6
			\|
			\|κ Del
			\|101916
			\|CPAE
	\|}		\|}

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 ===== Eratosthenes =====
 Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 94-97)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that he was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and, anxious to preserve her virginity, fled to Atlas, as did most of the Nereids; since she had gone into hiding, Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to claim her, and amongst them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon [and brought her to him], and, going to meet the young woman, carried her ashore and delivered her to him4. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of it in the books he composed in honour of Eros.] </blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has two stars on its head, one on its snout, one on its back, two on its tail, and three on its fin. Nine in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that she was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and fled to Atlas, in order to preserve her virginity. Once she had hidden herself away, most of the Nereids hid as well; so Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to retrieve her, and among them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon of her whereabouts, and brought her to him. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of him in [the elegies], the books he composed in honour of Eros].</blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has one star on its snout, two on its dorsal fin, three on its pectoral fins, one star on its back, and two stars on its tail. Nine in all. It is also said that this animal is cherished by the Muses, because the number of its stars corresponds to that of the Muses.</blockquote>
 ===== Ovid, Fasti =====

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Babylonian

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	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
	[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|Delphinus on the Farnese Globe, mapped to Stellarium: its fin at the head of Aqr makes the tail covering the area of Equuleus. ]]		[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|Delphinus on the Farnese Globe, mapped to Stellarium: its fin at the head of [[Aquarius\|Aqr]] makes the tail covering the area of [[Equuleus]]. ]]

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	[79] The Dolphin, which of late thou didst see fretted with stars, will on the next night escape thy gaze. (He was raised to heaven) either because he was a lucky go-between in love’s intrigues, or because he carried the Lesbian lyre and the lyre’s master. What see, what land knows not Arion?14 By his son he used to stay the running waters. Often at his voice the wolf in pursuit of the lamb stood still, often the lamb halted fleeing from the ravening wolf; often hounds and hares have couched in the same covert, and the hind upon the rock has stood beside the lioness: at peace the chattering crow has sat with Pallas’ bird,15 and the dove has been neighbour to the hawk. ‘Tis said that Cynthia16 oft hath stood entranced, tuneful Arion, at thy notes, as if the notes had been struck by her brother’s hand. Arion’s fame had filled Sicilian cities, and by the music of his lyre he had charmed the Ausonian land. Thence wending homewards, he took ship and carried with him the wealth his art had won. Perhaps, poor wretch, thou didst dread the winds and waves, but in sooth the sea was safer for thee than thy ship. For the helmsman took his stand with a drawn sword, and the rest of the conspiring gang had weapons in their hands. What wouldst thou with a sword? Steer the crazy bark, thou mariner; these weapons ill befit thy hands. Quaking with fear the bard, “I deprecate not death,” said he, “but let me take my lyre and play a little.” They gave him leave and laughed at the delay. He took the crown that might well, Phoebus, become thy locks; he donned his robe twice dipped in Tyrian purple: touched by his thumb, the strings gave back a music all their own, such notes as the swan chants in mournful numbers when the cruel shaft has pierced his snowy brow. Straightway, with all his finery on, he leaped plump down into the waves: the refluent water splashed the azure poop. Thereupon they say (it sounds past credence) a dolphin did submit his arched back to the unusual weight; seated there Arion grasped his lyre and paid his fare in song, and with his chant he charmed the ocean waves. The gods see pious deeds: Jupiter received the dolphin among the constellations, and bade him have nine stars.		<blockquote>[79] The Dolphin, which of late thou didst see fretted with stars, will on the next night escape thy gaze. (He was raised to heaven) either because he was a lucky go-between in love’s intrigues, or because he carried the Lesbian lyre and the lyre’s master. What see, what land knows not Arion?14 By his son he used to stay the running waters. Often at his voice the wolf in pursuit of the lamb stood still, often the lamb halted fleeing from the ravening wolf; often hounds and hares have couched in the same covert, and the hind upon the rock has stood beside the lioness: at peace the chattering crow has sat with Pallas’ bird,15 and the dove has been neighbour to the hawk. ‘Tis said that Cynthia16 oft hath stood entranced, tuneful Arion, at thy notes, as if the notes had been struck by her brother’s hand. Arion’s fame had filled Sicilian cities, and by the music of his lyre he had charmed the Ausonian land. Thence wending homewards, he took ship and carried with him the wealth his art had won. Perhaps, poor wretch, thou didst dread the winds and waves, but in sooth the sea was safer for thee than thy ship. For the helmsman took his stand with a drawn sword, and the rest of the conspiring gang had weapons in their hands. What wouldst thou with a sword? Steer the crazy bark, thou mariner; these weapons ill befit thy hands. Quaking with fear the bard, “I deprecate not death,” said he, “but let me take my lyre and play a little.” They gave him leave and laughed at the delay. He took the crown that might well, Phoebus, become thy locks; he donned his robe twice dipped in Tyrian purple: touched by his thumb, the strings gave back a music all their own, such notes as the swan chants in mournful numbers when the cruel shaft has pierced his snowy brow. Straightway, with all his finery on, he leaped plump down into the waves: the refluent water splashed the azure poop. Thereupon they say (it sounds past credence) a dolphin did submit his arched back to the unusual weight; seated there Arion grasped his lyre and paid his fare in song, and with his chant he charmed the ocean waves. The gods see pious deeds: Jupiter received the dolphin among the constellations, and bade him have nine stars.</blockquote>Ovid. Fasti. Translated by Frazer, James George. Loeb Classical Library Volume. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1931.

	Ovid. Fasti. Translated by Frazer, James George. Loeb Classical Library Volume. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1931.

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

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 [[File:Delphinus IAU.svg|alt=star chart|thumb|Del star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]
 Delphinus, The Dolphin, one of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. It is attested since ancient Greek time, probably originating in the Mediterranean culture.
 [[File:KugelGlobe Sge.JPG|thumb|Cyg, Lyr, Del, Aql and Sge on the Kugel Globe (1st century BCE), SMH 2024.]]

IanRidpath: Superscript

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Superscript

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	\|4		\|4
	\|γ 2 Delphini		\|γ<sup>2</sup> Delphini
	\|HIP 102532		\|HIP 102532
	\|Constellation lines (Vertex)		\|Constellation lines (Vertex)

IanRidpath: /* Weblinks */ Added link

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Weblinks: Added link

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	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==
	* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017054 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Delphinus]		* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-017054 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database – Delphinus]
			* Ian Ridpath's ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/delphinus.html – Delphinus]

	==References==		==References==

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	[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|Delphinus on the Farnese Globe, mapped to Stellarium. ]]		[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|Delphinus on the Farnese Globe, mapped to Stellarium: its fin at the head of Aqr makes the tail covering the area of Equuleus. ]]

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			[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|Delphinus on the Farnese Globe, mapped to Stellarium. ]]

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Eratosthenes

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			Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 94-97)<blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that he was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and, anxious to preserve her virginity, fled to Atlas, as did most of the Nereids; since she had gone into hiding, Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to claim her, and amongst them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon [and brought her to him], and, going to meet the young woman, carried her ashore and delivered her to him4. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of it in the books he composed in honour of Eros.] </blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has two stars on its head, one on its snout, one on its back, two on its tail, and three on its fin. Nine in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Δελφῖνος)''': It is said that she was placed amongst the constellations for the following reason: when Poseidon wished to take Amphitrite as his wife, she slipped away and fled to Atlas, in order to preserve her virginity. Once she had hidden herself away, most of the Nereids hid as well; so Poseidon sent numerous emissaries to retrieve her, and among them was the dolphin. His quest led the dolphin to the islands of Atlas: he came across Amphitrite, informed Poseidon of her whereabouts, and brought her to him. Poseidon married her and bestowed exceptional honours upon the dolphin in the sea; he declared it a sacred animal, and placed the symbol it represents amongst the constellations. Moreover, those who wish to please Poseidon always depict him holding a dolphin in his hand, thus paying the greatest possible tribute to the dolphin’s benevolent nature. [Artemidorus speaks of him in [the elegies], the books he composed in honour of Eros].</blockquote><blockquote>The Dolphin has one star on its snout, two on its dorsal fin, three on its pectoral fins, one star on its back, and two stars on its tail. Nine in all. It is also said that this animal is cherished by the Muses, because the number of its stars corresponds to that of the Muses.</blockquote>

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