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... signs every one wherewith the heavens are crowned , Pleiads , and Hyads , and Orion's might , and the Bear that men call also the ' Iliad , xxiii . 226-27 . Theogony , 381 . - Wain , her that turneth in her place , HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . 89.
... signs every one wherewith the heavens are crowned , Pleiads , and Hyads , and Orion's might , and the Bear that men call also the ' Iliad , xxiii . 226-27 . Theogony , 381 . - Wain , her that turneth in her place , HOMERIC ASTRONOMY . 89.
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... Bear , which they likewise call the Wain , which turneth ever in one place , and keepeth watch upon Orion , and alone hath no part in the baths of Ocean . ' 2 The sailing - directions of the goddess were to keep the Bear always on the ...
... Bear , which they likewise call the Wain , which turneth ever in one place , and keepeth watch upon Orion , and alone hath no part in the baths of Ocean . ' 2 The sailing - directions of the goddess were to keep the Bear always on the ...
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... Bear , the same group in each case going by a double name . For the brightest of the stars thus designated we still pre- serve the appellation Arcturus ( from arktos , bear , oùros , guardian ) , first used by Hesiod , who fixed upon ...
... Bear , the same group in each case going by a double name . For the brightest of the stars thus designated we still pre- serve the appellation Arcturus ( from arktos , bear , oùros , guardian ) , first used by Hesiod , who fixed upon ...
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... Bear through Phoenician communication , of which Thales was the medium . Hence the designation of the group as Phoinike . Aratus ( who versified the prose of Eudoxus ) has accordingly two Bears , lying ( in sailors ' phrase ) ' heads ...
... Bear through Phoenician communication , of which Thales was the medium . Hence the designation of the group as Phoinike . Aratus ( who versified the prose of Eudoxus ) has accordingly two Bears , lying ( in sailors ' phrase ) ' heads ...
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... Bear's tail approached its present position . Thus the entire millennium before the Christian era may count for an ... Bear and the Wain . Homer's Bear , however , included the same seven bright stars con- ' Lafitau , Mœurs des Sauvages ...
... Bear's tail approached its present position . Thus the entire millennium before the Christian era may count for an ... Bear and the Wain . Homer's Bear , however , included the same seven bright stars con- ' Lafitau , Mœurs des Sauvages ...
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¹ Iliad ¹ Odyssey Abth accordingly Achæan Achilles acquaintance Agamemnon Alcinous amber ancient animal antiquity Aphrodite archæological armour Aryans Asia Minor asphodel association beasts birds Boötes bronze brought Buchholz canine century B.C. chalkos chariot civilisation connexion copper coursers Crown 8vo cyanus Diomed divine early Egypt Egyptian Epics epoch equine Eumæus fact flowers gold golden Greece Greek hand Hayman's Hector Hehn and Stallybrass Helen Hellespont Hephaestus hero Herodotus Hesiod Hissarlik HISTORY Homeric poems horses human Hyades Iliad Iliad and Odyssey Illustrations iron Ithaca ivory kind king less lion means Menelaus ment metal Mycenae Mycenaean mythology nature Odyssean Odyssey Olympus origin Patroclus Pausanias Peloponnesus Phoenician plant poet Poseidon prehistoric Priam primitive probably Realien recognised regarded scarcely scene Schliemann Schuchhardt and Sellers shield silver spear species stars steeds Telemachus tion tradition trans tree Troad Trojan Troy verses wild wine Zeus
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