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Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10)

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	====== Setting (Lib II ~~Cap VI §10~~) ======		====== Setting (Lib III Cap II §7) ======
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	\| colspan="4" \|~~2 2~~/3 hours = ~~160~~ min = ~~40°~~		\| colspan="4" \|1 4/5 hours = 108 min = 27°
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Sushoff at 12:38, 27 February 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	===Origin of Constellation===		===Origin of Constellation===
	In Greek, this constellation is called the Great Fish or simply Fish. This section is missing on the Farnese Atlas globe because it is covered by the shoulder of the Titan.		<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref>In Greek, this constellation is called the Great Fish or simply Fish. This section is missing on the Farnese Atlas globe because it is covered by the shoulder of the Titan.

	In the Almagest, it is described as lying on its back, and the Carolingian Leiden Aratea (+9th century) also shows the figure in this position. Eratosthenes reports that this fish snaps at water, specifically the water that [[Aquarius]] pours out.		In the Almagest, it is described as lying on its back, and the Carolingian Leiden Aratea (+9th century) also shows the figure in this position. Eratosthenes reports that this fish snaps at water, specifically the water that [[Aquarius]] pours out.

Sushoff: /* Greek Mythology */

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Greek Mythology

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===

	==~~Greek~~ Mythology==		==Mythology/ Religion==

			Greek

			Eratosthenes reports that this fish lived in a lake near Bambyke, a city in Syria northeast of Aleppo. When the goddess Derketo fell into this lake one night, she was saved by this fish.

			Derketo is a Syrian goddess who is depicted as a kind of mermaid: a female upper body with a fish tail. She was probably a Ugaritic goddess of the sky and/or sea (Syria, 3rd millennium BCE) and is equated by Hesiod (modern-day Turkey, around 700 BCE) with Aphrodite Urania, a heavenly goddess of love. Depictions on coins from a later period (1st century BCE) suggest that she also functioned as a goddess of fertility. Derketo thus had similar roles to the Babylonian Ishtar, and we will encounter this figure again in the constellation [[Andromeda]].

			It is not known which of the variants of this goddess of love Eratosthenes' source refers to. In any case, fish are sacred animals in this region of Syria and were therefore placed among the stars. This is probably how the constellation Pisces came into being, which he describes in the same context as the Great Fish. According to Eratosthenes, the small fish are descendants of the Great Fish.


	==Weblinks==		==Weblinks==
	* Ridpath, Ian, “[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/piscisaustrinus.html Star Tales: online edition]”.		* Ridpath, Ian, “[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/piscisaustrinus.html Star Tales: online edition]”.

Sushoff at 18:45, 26 February 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	~~The~~ Greek constellation ...		===Origin of Constellation===
			In Greek, this constellation is called the Great Fish or simply Fish. This section is missing on the Farnese Atlas globe because it is covered by the shoulder of the Titan.

			In the Almagest, it is described as lying on its back, and the Carolingian Leiden Aratea (+9th century) also shows the figure in this position. Eratosthenes reports that this fish snaps at water, specifically the water that [[Aquarius]] pours out.

	~~===Origin~~ of ~~Constellation===~~		The Arabs introduce a new aspect here, which is mixed with the Greek version in as-Sufi (10th century): the bright star at the mouth of the fish (now called [[Fomalhaut]]) apparently had the name ‘Southern Frog’ in Arabic literature – in contrast to the ‘Northern Frog’, [[Diphda]] in Ketos ([[Cetus]]). In many cases, Arab constellation culture has anchored two narratives in the star catalogue: on the one hand, the star names from Ptolemy's catalogue are translated into Arabic, but on the other hand, in the case of Arabic proper names for stars, these are also preserved in the written tradition. This makes it possible to reconstruct some of the original Arabic star (constellation) names.

	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====

Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

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Hipparchus

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

	====== Rising (Lib II Cap ~~V §10~~) ======		====== Rising (Lib III Cap I §7) ======
	<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>		<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
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	\|		\|the northern one of those in the tail (iota)
	\|		\|the one at the front of mouth (alf)
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	\|duration		\|duration
	\| colspan="4" \|2 1/8 hours = ~~127.5~~ min = ~~31 7/8~~ degree		\| colspan="4" \|1 2/5 hours = 84 min = 21 degree
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Sushoff: /* Hipparchus */

2026-02-22T17:55:29Z

Hipparchus

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

			====== Rising (Lib II Cap V §10) ======
			<blockquote>The Rising of ...</blockquote>
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			! colspan="2" \|east
			! colspan="2" \|south
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			\| colspan="4" \|2 1/8 hours = 127.5 min = 31 7/8 degree
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			====== Setting (Lib II Cap VI §10) ======
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!
			! colspan="2" \|west
			! colspan="2" \|south
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			\| colspan="4" \|2 2/3 hours = 160 min = 40°
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			====== Stars Mentioned ======
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			!
			!Greek
			!German
			!English
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, first
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			\|Lib II Cap V §10
			\|rising, east, last
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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 */

2026-02-06T09:24:59Z

Almagest

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Sushoff at 13:32, 20 January 2026

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	[[File:Piscis Austrinus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|star chart of PsA (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]		[[File:Piscis Austrinus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|star chart of PsA (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
	One of the [[:Category:88 IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]] with a very old history: The original Greek name was The Great Fish was given to an earlier Babylonian constellation The Fish. When the constellation Pisces (two fish) was invented in Hellenistic times (possibly in Egypt) as a super-constellation from parts of neighbouring Babylonian originals (see [[Anunitu]], ''[[KU6\|Nunu]]'', [[KU6\|KU<sub>6</sub>]], ...), the original constellation of The Fish needed to be specified. To distinguish the two fish of Pisces from the traditional The Fish south of Aquarius, it was named Piscis Austrinus (or Notius as a Latinized Greek term for "south").		One of the [[:Category:88 IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]] with a very old history: The original Greek name was The Great Fish was given to an earlier Babylonian constellation The Fish. When the constellation Pisces (two fish) was invented in Hellenistic times (possibly in Egypt) as a super-constellation from parts of neighbouring Babylonian originals (see [[Anunitu]], ''[[KU6\|Nunu]]'', [[KU6\|KU<sub>6</sub>]], ...), the original constellation of The Fish needed to be specified. To distinguish the two fish of Pisces from the traditional The Fish south of Aquarius, it was named Piscis Austrinus (or Notius as a Latinized Greek term for "south").

Dorvic at 04:09, 3 May 2025

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

			===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====
			<blockquote>This is the Fish that is called Southern. He seems to take water in his mouth from the sign of Aquarius. Once, when Isis was in labor, he is thought to have saved her, and as a reward for this kindness she placed the fish and its young, about whom we have spoken before, among the stars. As a result the Syrians generally do not eat fish, and worship their gilded likenesses as household gods. Ctesias, too, writes about this. (Mary Ward 1960)</blockquote>

	===== Geminos =====		===== Geminos =====

Dorvic: /* Aratos */

2025-05-02T06:33:05Z

Aratos

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

	===== ~~Aratos~~ =====		===== Aratus =====
			<blockquote>Below Capricorn and exposed to the winds of the south hovers the Fish, turned to face the Monster, distinct from the former two: they call it the Southern Fish. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>

	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====