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!Τοξότου ἀστερισμός. | |||
!Constellation of Sagittarius | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀκύδος τοῦ βέλους | |||
|The star on the point of the arrow | |||
|gam Sgr | |||
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|2 | |||
|ὁ ἐν τῇ λαβῇ τῆς ἀριστερᾶρ χειρός | |||
|The star in the [bow-Jgrip held by the left hand | |||
|del Sgr | |||
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|3 | |||
|ὁ ἐν τῷ νοτίῳ μέρει τοῦ τόξου | |||
|The star in the Southern portion of the bow | |||
|eps Sgr | |||
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|4 | |||
|τῶν ἐν τῷ βορείῳ μέρει τοῦ τόξου ὁ νοτιώτερος | |||
|The southernmost of the [2] stars in the northern portion of the bow | |||
|lam Sgr | |||
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|5 | |||
|ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ τόξου. | |||
|The northernmost of these, on the tip of the bow | |||
|mu Sgr | |||
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|6 | |||
|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἅμου. | |||
|The star on the left shoulder | |||
|sig Sgr | |||
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|ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος κατὰ τοῦ βέλους | |||
|The one in advance of this, just over the arrow | |||
|phi Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ νεφελοειδὴς καὶ διπλοῦς, | |||
|The star on the eye, which is nebulous and double | |||
|nu1 + nu2 Sgr | |||
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|τῶν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ γ’ ὁ ἠγούμενος. | |||
|The most advanced of the 3 stars in the head | |||
|xi Sgr | |||
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|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | |||
|The middle one of these | |||
|omi Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπόμενος τῶν τριῶ. | |||
|The reannost of the three | |||
|pi Sgr | |||
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|τῶν ἐν τῇ βορεύῳ ἐφαπτίδι γ’ ὁ κότιος. | |||
|The southernmost of the 3 stars in the northern cloak·attachment | |||
|43 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | |||
|The middle one of these | |||
|rho Sgr | |||
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|ὁ βόρειος τῶν τριῶη | |||
|The northernmost of the three | |||
|ups Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπόμενος τοῦς τρισὶν ἀμαυρός | |||
|The faint sfar to the rear of these three | |||
|55 Sgr | |||
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|τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς νοτίου ἐφαπτίδος β ὁ βορειότερος; | |||
|The northernmost of the 2 stars on the southern cloak-attachment | |||
|61 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν | |||
|The southernmost of them | |||
|57 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὥμου. | |||
|The star on the right shoulder | |||
|chi1 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἀγκῶνος.. | |||
|The star on the right elbow | |||
|51+52 Sgr | |||
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|τῶν ἐν τῷ νώτῳ ἡ ὁ κατὰ τοῦ μεταφρένου. | |||
|The three stars in the back: the one just above the place between the shoulders | |||
|psi Sgr | |||
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|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τῆς ὡμοπλάτης. | |||
|The three stars in the back: the middle one, just above the shoulder-blade | |||
|tau Sgr | |||
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|ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν μασχάλην. | |||
|The three stars in the back: the other one, under the armpit | |||
|zet Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπροσθίου καὶ ἀριστεροῦ σφυροῦ | |||
|The star on the front left hock | |||
|bet1 + bet2 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ γόνατος τοῦ αὐτοῦ ποδός | |||
|The one on the knee of the same leg | |||
|alf Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπροσθίου καὶ δεξιοῦ σφυροῦ | |||
|The star on the front right hock | |||
|eta Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ μηροῦ | |||
|The star on the left thigh | |||
|kap1 + kap2 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀπισθύου δεξιοῦ πήχεως. | |||
|The star on the right hind lower leg | |||
|iot Sgr | |||
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|τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐκφύσει τῆς οὐρᾶς ὃ τῆς βορείου πλευρᾶς ὁ προηγούμερος | |||
|The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the advance star on the northern side | |||
|omega Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπόμενος τῆς βορείου πλευρᾶς. | |||
|The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the rear star on the northern side | |||
|60 Sgr | |||
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|τῆς νοτίου πλευρᾶς ὁ προηγούμενος. | |||
|The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the advance star on the southern side | |||
|59 Sgr | |||
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|ὁ ἐπόμενος τῆς νοτίου πλευρᾶς | |||
|The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the rear star on the southern side | |||
|62 Sgr | |||
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|ἀστέρες λα, ὧν β’ μεγέθους β, γ’ 3, δ’ θ, εη, σ’ β, νεφελοειδής | |||
|{31 stars, 2 of the second magnitude, 9 of the third, 9 of the fourth, 8 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth, [1] nebulous | |||
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Revision as of 09:40, 26 April 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Τοξότης.
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
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| Τοξότου ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of Sagittarius | ||
| 1 | ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀκύδος τοῦ βέλους | The star on the point of the arrow | gam Sgr |
| 2 | ὁ ἐν τῇ λαβῇ τῆς ἀριστερᾶρ χειρός | The star in the [bow-Jgrip held by the left hand | del Sgr |
| 3 | ὁ ἐν τῷ νοτίῳ μέρει τοῦ τόξου | The star in the Southern portion of the bow | eps Sgr |
| 4 | τῶν ἐν τῷ βορείῳ μέρει τοῦ τόξου ὁ νοτιώτερος | The southernmost of the [2] stars in the northern portion of the bow | lam Sgr |
| 5 | ὁ βορειότερος αὐτῶν ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ τόξου. | The northernmost of these, on the tip of the bow | mu Sgr |
| 6 | ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἅμου. | The star on the left shoulder | sig Sgr |
| ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος κατὰ τοῦ βέλους | The one in advance of this, just over the arrow | phi Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀφθαλμοῦ νεφελοειδὴς καὶ διπλοῦς, | The star on the eye, which is nebulous and double | nu1 + nu2 Sgr | |
| τῶν ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ γ’ ὁ ἠγούμενος. | The most advanced of the 3 stars in the head | xi Sgr | |
| ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | The middle one of these | omi Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπόμενος τῶν τριῶ. | The reannost of the three | pi Sgr | |
| τῶν ἐν τῇ βορεύῳ ἐφαπτίδι γ’ ὁ κότιος. | The southernmost of the 3 stars in the northern cloak·attachment | 43 Sgr | |
| ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν | The middle one of these | rho Sgr | |
| ὁ βόρειος τῶν τριῶη | The northernmost of the three | ups Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπόμενος τοῦς τρισὶν ἀμαυρός | The faint sfar to the rear of these three | 55 Sgr | |
| τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς νοτίου ἐφαπτίδος β ὁ βορειότερος; | The northernmost of the 2 stars on the southern cloak-attachment | 61 Sgr | |
| ὁ νοτιώτερος αὐτῶν | The southernmost of them | 57 Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ὥμου. | The star on the right shoulder | chi1 Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ἀγκῶνος.. | The star on the right elbow | 51+52 Sgr | |
| τῶν ἐν τῷ νώτῳ ἡ ὁ κατὰ τοῦ μεταφρένου. | The three stars in the back: the one just above the place between the shoulders | psi Sgr | |
| ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν καὶ κατὰ τῆς ὡμοπλάτης. | The three stars in the back: the middle one, just above the shoulder-blade | tau Sgr | |
| ὁ λοιπὸς καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν μασχάλην. | The three stars in the back: the other one, under the armpit | zet Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπροσθίου καὶ ἀριστεροῦ σφυροῦ | The star on the front left hock | bet1 + bet2 Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ γόνατος τοῦ αὐτοῦ ποδός | The one on the knee of the same leg | alf Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐμπροσθίου καὶ δεξιοῦ σφυροῦ | The star on the front right hock | eta Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ μηροῦ | The star on the left thigh | kap1 + kap2 Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀπισθύου δεξιοῦ πήχεως. | The star on the right hind lower leg | iot Sgr | |
| τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐκφύσει τῆς οὐρᾶς ὃ τῆς βορείου πλευρᾶς ὁ προηγούμερος | The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the advance star on the northern side | omega Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπόμενος τῆς βορείου πλευρᾶς. | The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the rear star on the northern side | 60 Sgr | |
| τῆς νοτίου πλευρᾶς ὁ προηγούμενος. | The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the advance star on the southern side | 59 Sgr | |
| ὁ ἐπόμενος τῆς νοτίου πλευρᾶς | The four stars [forming a quadrilateral] in the place where the tail joins [the body]: the rear star on the southern side | 62 Sgr | |
| ἀστέρες λα, ὧν β’ μεγέθους β, γ’ 3, δ’ θ, εη, σ’ β, νεφελοειδής | {31 stars, 2 of the second magnitude, 9 of the third, 9 of the fourth, 8 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth, [1] nebulous |
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
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Babylonian "Sagittarius", Dictionnaire des Antiquités grecques et romaines, Daremberg et Saglio, article Zodiaque, vol. V 2. Source : Wikisource, https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Dictionnaire_des_Antiquit%C3%A9s_grecques_et_romaines_-_Daremberg_-_V_2.djvu/444
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Kugel Globe (1st c. BCE): Sgr, CrA and Sco
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Sagittarius in Hevelius (1690)
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Sagittarius in Flamsteed (1776).
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Bode (1805) Sagittarius and Sobieski's Shield
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Sgr in Jamieson (1822)
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Sagittarius in Sidney Hall (1825) Urania's Mirror.






