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YoulaAzkarrula: /* Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation */

2026-09-25T03:54:17Z

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-043.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Leo		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-043.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Leo
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-044.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Leo		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-044.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Leo
			File:Stellarium-086-Alm.png\|Reconstruction of Stickfigure based on the depiction of Almagest (100-170 CE). CC-BY Susanne Hoffmann in Stellarium.
			File:Stellarium-085-Far.png\|Image of the Farnese Globe (2nd century CE) taken by Susanne Hoffmann and imported into Stellarium.
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Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-09-24T09:29:30Z

Egyptian

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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	File:Leo+Com DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Lion with a Lady on its Tail in Leo+Coma Berenices on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).		File:Leo+Com DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Lion with a Lady on its Tail in Leo+[[Coma Berenices]] on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
	File:Hya DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Serpent with a Bird in Hydra+Corvus on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).		File:Hya DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Serpent with a Bird in [[Hydra]]+[[Corvus]] on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
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Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-09-24T09:26:25Z

Egyptian

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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
			File:Leo+Com DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Lion with a Lady on its Tail in Leo+Coma Berenices on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
			File:Hya DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Serpent with a Bird in Hydra+Corvus on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
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Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-26T15:06:50Z

Eratosthenes

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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> 38-40)<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' It is one of the most prominent constellations. Apparently, the zodiacal Lion was granted this honour by Zeus because it ranks first among four-legged animals. Some <say> that it represents the first labour performed by Heracles.</blockquote><blockquote>Leo has three stars on its head, two on its neck, one on its chest, three on its back, one bright star on its tail, two beneath its chest, and one on its forepaw. Thirteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' It is one of the most prominent constellations. Apparently, the zodiacal Lion was granted this honour by Zeus because it ranks first among four-legged animals. Some say it represents the first labour accomplished by Heracles, placed there so that the memory might be preserved. It is indeed the only animal he killed unarmed, for the love of glory, by suffocating it in his arms. Pisander of Rhodes recounts this episode. Hence Heracles wears the lion’s skin, a sign of the illustrious feat he accomplished. This is the lion that was killed by Heracles at Nemea. </blockquote><blockquote>The Lion has three stars on its head, one on its chest and two below, a bright one on its right paw, one in the middle of its belly, another below, one on its hip, one on its hind knee, a bright one at the tip of its paw, two on its neck, three on its back, one in the middle of its tail, and a bright one at the tip of its tail. Nineteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>[[File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|thumb\|Leo and the "triangle near the tail"; rectangular zodiac of Dendera ]]Above the Lion, one can also see seven dim stars forming a triangle towards the tail. They are called “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> 38-40)<blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' It is one of the most prominent constellations. Apparently, the zodiacal Lion was granted this honour by Zeus because it ranks first among four-legged animals. Some <say> that it represents the first labour performed by Heracles.</blockquote><blockquote>Leo has three stars on its head, two on its neck, one on its chest, three on its back, one bright star on its tail, two beneath its chest, and one on its forepaw. Thirteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' It is one of the most prominent constellations. Apparently, the zodiacal Lion was granted this honour by Zeus because it ranks first among four-legged animals. Some say it represents the first labour accomplished by Heracles, placed there so that the memory might be preserved. It is indeed the only animal he killed unarmed, for the love of glory, by suffocating it in his arms. Pisander of Rhodes recounts this episode. Hence Heracles wears the lion’s skin, a sign of the illustrious feat he accomplished. This is the lion that was killed by Heracles at Nemea. </blockquote><blockquote>The Lion has three stars on its head, one on its chest and two below, a bright one on its right paw, one in the middle of its belly, another below, one on its hip, one on its hind knee, a bright one at the tip of its paw, two on its neck, three on its back, one in the middle of its tail, and a bright one at the tip of its tail. Nineteen in all.</blockquote><blockquote>[[File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|thumb\|Leo and the "triangle near the tail"; rectangular zodiac of Dendera ]]Above the Lion, one can also see seven dim stars forming a triangle towards the tail. They are called “the Hair of Berenice the Benefactor”.</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=":02">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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Sushoff: /* Stars Mentioned */

2026-08-26T14:02:30Z

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Sushoff: /* Eratosthenes */

2026-08-24T12:47:23Z

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Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-08-04T18:09:40Z

Egyptian

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	===== Egyptian =====		===== Egyptian =====
	In Ptolemaic times (1st century BCE), when Egypt was ruled by the Romans, new Egyptian temples were built in Esna and Dendera (south and north of Thebes/ Luxor). They display a cultural mixture of Babylonian and Egyptian constellations.		In Ptolemaic times (1st century BCE), when Egypt was ruled by the Romans, new Egyptian temples were built: a Chnum temple in Esna and a Hathor temple Dendera (south and north of Thebes/ Luxor). They display a cultural mixture of Babylonian and Egyptian constellations.
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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera

Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-08-04T17:55:39Z

Egyptian

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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera
			File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
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Sushoff: /* Egyptian */

2026-08-04T11:36:58Z

Egyptian

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	===== Egyptian =====		===== Egyptian =====
			In Ptolemaic times (1st century BCE), when Egypt was ruled by the Romans, new Egyptian temples were built in Esna and Dendera (south and north of Thebes/ Luxor). They display a cultural mixture of Babylonian and Egyptian constellations.
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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera

Sushoff: /* Greco-Roman */

2026-08-04T11:06:07Z

Greco-Roman

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	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====

			===== Egyptian =====
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			File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera
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	===== Aratos =====		===== Aratos =====

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	File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera		File:Leo+Com DenderaEckig GZotti.JPG\|Leo (and Com); rectangular zodiac of Dendera
	File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])		File:Leo+Com+Hya DenderaCirc Louvre.JPG\|Leo with Com, Hya, Crv, circular zodiac of Dendera (CC BY [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010028871 Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités égyptiennes])
	File:Leo+Com DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Lion with a Lady on its Tail in Leo+Coma Berenices on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).		File:Leo+Com DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Lion with a Lady on its Tail in Leo+[[Coma Berenices]] on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
	File:Hya DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Serpent with a Bird in Hydra+Corvus on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).		File:Hya DenderaCirc Louvre black inv.jpg\|Constellation of a Serpent with a Bird in [[Hydra]]+[[Corvus]] on the circular Zodiac of Dendera, Egypt (drawing by SMH for Stellarium 2026).
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