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	Mythology has it that the temple in Delphi was built multiple times from different material (Sourvinou-Inwood 1979): from laurel, from feathers and wax, from bronce, from stone. The first one probably has a historical background in the temple of Apollo Daphniforos (the laurel bearer) in Eretria which is the most important monument this place. The information on the temple made of feathers probably comes from Heralides (and not Euripides) whose work on this topic is lost.		Mythology has it that the temple in Delphi was built multiple times from different material (Sourvinou-Inwood 1979): from laurel, from feathers and wax, from bronce, from stone. The first one probably has a historical background in the temple of Apollo Daphniforos (the laurel bearer) in Eretria which is the most important monument this place. The information on the temple made of feathers probably comes from Heralides (and not Euripides) whose work on this topic is lost.

			'''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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 The contact of the Greeks with peoples in the far north is rather mythological. The tale of Abaris (a wonder man or shaman from the north) gives Eratosthenes's version of a visitor from these far countries. In Heraklides' version of the Abaris tale, the man from the north carries Apollo's arrow around in Greece.
 Mythology has it that the temple in Delphi was built multiple times from different material (Sourvinou-Inwood 1979): from laurel, from feathers and wax, from bronce, from stone. The first one probably has a historical background in the temple of Apollo Daphniforos (the laurel bearer) in Eretria which is the most important monument this place. The information on the temple made of feathers probably comes from Heralides (and not Euripides) whose work on this topic is lost.
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 [[File:Apollo+Demeter on Arrow.png|thumb|Apollo and Demeter riding on Sagitta to bring light and fertility in spring to Greece (AI-generated for WGSN 2026)]]
 One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations|88 IAU constellations]]. Sagitta, The Arrow, is one the classical Greek constellations. The Greek constellation of Sagitta first occurs in Eudoxus. In antiquity, it was considered a harbinger of the light and fertility as it is the carriage of the gods Apollo (light god) and his sister Demeter (goddess of fertility) when they arrive from the distant country of Hyperborea after winter. (Note: The god of light, Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring, then bringing fertility with him.) According to Herodotus (5th century BCE), the mythical, paradisiacal land "beyond the north wind", Hyperborea, is in the northeast (seen from Delphi), placing it in central Asia and making Apollo and Demeter arrive from the direction of sunrise.

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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====
	The ''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the ~~then known~~ five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>		The ''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.

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	Eratosthenes reports two versions of what the arrow has to do with this story: on the one hand, the arrow could be the one that Apollo shot at the Cyclopes and which was then hidden. When Apollo returned, he is said to have rushed through the air together with Demeter, the goddess of fertility. This could be interpreted as riding on the arrow. The background to this story is that Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring – fitting for a god of light – and thus also brought fertility with him. He hid himself, or in the myth, the arrow, with the Hyperboreans. According to the world view of Herodotus (-5th century), their land lies in the far north-east of the world, in Central Asia.		Eratosthenes reports two versions of what the arrow has to do with this story: on the one hand, the arrow could be the one that Apollo shot at the Cyclopes and which was then hidden. When Apollo returned, he is said to have rushed through the air together with Demeter, the goddess of fertility. This could be interpreted as riding on the arrow. The background to this story is that Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring – fitting for a god of light – and thus also brought fertility with him. He hid himself, or in the myth, the arrow, with the Hyperboreans. According to the world view of Herodotus (-5th century), their land lies in the far north-east of the world, in Central Asia.

	'''Roman'''<ref>Ian Ridpath ~~(1988).~~ Star Tales ~~- Sagitta,~~ [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/sagitta.html ~~online edition~~].</ref>		'''Roman'''<ref>Ian Ridpath, ''Star Tales'' [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/sagitta.html – Sagitta.]</ref>

	Hyginus, on the other hand, said that Sagitta was one of the arrows with which Heracles killed the eagle that ate the liver of Prometheus. It was Prometheus who moulded men out of clay in the likeness of the gods, and gave them fire that he had stolen from Zeus. Prometheus carried the fire triumphantly in a vegetable stalk like a runner bearing the Olympic torch. Zeus cruelly punished him for this theft by chaining him to Mount Caucasus, where a long-winged eagle ate his liver during the day. But at night the liver grew again for the eagle to resume his feast in the morning. Heracles freed Prometheus from this eternal torture by shooting the eagle with an arrow.		Hyginus, on the other hand, said that Sagitta was one of the arrows with which Heracles killed the eagle that ate the liver of Prometheus. It was Prometheus who moulded men out of clay in the likeness of the gods, and gave them fire that he had stolen from Zeus. Prometheus carried the fire triumphantly in a vegetable stalk like a runner bearing the Olympic torch. Zeus cruelly punished him for this theft by chaining him to Mount Caucasus, where a long-winged eagle ate his liver during the day. But at night the liver grew again for the eagle to resume his feast in the morning. Heracles freed Prometheus from this eternal torture by shooting the eagle with an arrow.

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	==== Dürer (1515) ====		==== Dürer (1515) ====
	The pair of celestial maps created by Albrecht Dürer in 1515, one showing the Northern Hemisphere sky and the other the Southern Hemisphere sky, are generally regarded as the first printed star charts published in Europe.		The pair of celestial maps created by Albrecht Dürer in 1515, one showing the Northern Hemisphere sky and the other the Southern Hemisphere sky, are generally regarded as the first printed star charts published in Europe. Dürer labels the constellation '''Telum'''. [[File:Sagitta Bayer1603.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta star catalogue in Bayer (1603)]]

	Dürer labels the constellation '''Telum'''.[[File:Sagitta Bayer1603.jpg\|thumb\|Sagitta star catalogue in Bayer (1603)]]

	=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===		=== Early Modern Source (after 1550) ===
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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>		The ''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.

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	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			[[File:Del-etc Farnese Stellarium.png\|thumb\|The area of Sagitta is covered by the body of Aquila on the Farnese Globe: the images here mapped to Stellarium. ]]
	Eratosthenes says about the Arrow, that with this Apollo killed the Cyclopes who forged the thunderbolt by which Aesculapius died. Apollo had buried this arrow in the Hyperborean mountain, but when Jupiter pardoned his son, it was borne by the wind and brought to Apollo along with the grain which at that time was growing. Many point out that for this reason it is among the constellations. (Mary Ward 1960)		Eratosthenes says about the Arrow, that with this Apollo killed the Cyclopes who forged the thunderbolt by which Aesculapius died. Apollo had buried this arrow in the Hyperborean mountain, but when Jupiter pardoned his son, it was borne by the wind and brought to Apollo along with the grain which at that time was growing. Many point out that for this reason it is among the constellations. (Mary Ward 1960)

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			[[File:Sagitta IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Sge star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).]]

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	[[File:~~Sagitta IAU~~.~~svg\|alt=star chart~~\|thumb\|~~Sge star chart~~ (~~IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg~~).]]		[[File:Apollo+Demeter on Arrow.png\|thumb\|Apollo and Demeter riding on Sagitta to bring light and fertility in spring to Greece (AI-generated for WGSN 2026)]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Sagitta, The Arrow, is one the classical Greek constellations. The Greek constellation of Sagitta first occurs in Eudoxus. In antiquity, it was considered a harbinger of the light and fertility as it is the carriage of the gods Apollo (light god) and his sister Demeter (goddess of fertility) when they arrive from the distant country of Hyperborea after winter. (Note: The god of light, Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring, then bringing fertility with him.) According to Herodotus (5th century BCE), the mythical, paradisiacal land "beyond the north wind", Hyperborea, is in the northeast (seen from Delphi), placing it in central Asia and making Apollo and Demeter arrive from the direction of sunrise.		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. Sagitta, The Arrow, is one the classical Greek constellations. The Greek constellation of Sagitta first occurs in Eudoxus. In antiquity, it was considered a harbinger of the light and fertility as it is the carriage of the gods Apollo (light god) and his sister Demeter (goddess of fertility) when they arrive from the distant country of Hyperborea after winter. (Note: The god of light, Apollo left his sanctuary in Delphi in winter and returned in spring, then bringing fertility with him.) According to Herodotus (5th century BCE), the mythical, paradisiacal land "beyond the north wind", Hyperborea, is in the northeast (seen from Delphi), placing it in central Asia and making Apollo and Demeter arrive from the direction of sunrise.

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	==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====		==== Rudolphine Tables (1627) ====
	The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".		The''Tabulae Rudolphinae'' were ordered and dedicated to Emperor Rudolph II of the Holy Roman Empire. The main purpose was to allow the computation of the positions of the then known five classically known planets, but the tables also consist of a star catalogue. They were published by Johannes Kepler (1627), including earlier work and observational data by Tycho Brahe. The original Latin title is "''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur''".<ref>Kepler (1627). ''Tabulæ Rudolphinæ, Quibus Astronomicæ Scientiæ, Temporum longinquitate collapsæ Restauratio continetur.'' [https://schriftgut.sh/viewer/image/PPN587862734/274/ online]</ref>

	An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.		An alternative name for Sagitta is given: '''Telum, the Dart'''.