Thursday, 8 November 2012

Alcyone= ألكيون

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Alcyone= ألكيون
[L, fr. Gk Αλκυων/Alkyone] : the brightest star in the Pleiades


Arcturus= أركتوروس
[L, fr. Gk    Αρκτουρος/Arktouros, lit., bear watcher, fr. Arcas, son of Callisto who is turned into a bear like his mother to prevent him from killing her] :
 Hesiod, who wrote in the early 7th century BCE, adds the star Arcturus to this list in his poetic calendar Works and Days


 a giant fixed star of the first magnitude in Bootes 
 


Atlas= أطلس
[L Atlant-, Atlas, fr. Gk   Ατλας, after the strongest god, Atlas, who was punished for his part in the revolt against the Olympians by being forced to hold the world on his shoulders for eternity] : the innermost moon of Saturn 





 

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