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