Cassiopeia
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One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Κασσιέπεια
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Κασσιεπείας ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of Cassiopeia | ||
| 1 | ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς | The star on the head | zet Cas |
| 2 | ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει | The star in the breast | alf Cas |
| 3 | ὁ βορειότερος αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ξώνης | The one north of that, on the belt | eta Cas |
| 4 | ὁ ὑπὲρ τὴν καθέδραη κατὰ τῶν μηρῶν | The star over the throne, just over the thighs | gam Cas |
| 5 | ὁ ἐν τοῖς γόνασια. | The star in the knees | del Cas |
| 6 | ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κυήμης. | The star on the lower leg | eps Cas |
| ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ποδός | The star on the end of the leg | iot Cas | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχίουος | The star on the left upper arm | tet Cas | |
| ὁ ὑποκάτω τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ἀγκῶνος | The star below the left elbow | phi Cas | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πήχεως | The star on the right fore-arm | sig Cas | |
| ὁ ἐπάνω τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ θρόνου | The star above the foot of the throne | kap Cas | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ μέσου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου | The star on the middlil of the· back of the throne | bet Cas | |
| ὁ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ ἀνακλίθρου | The star on the top of the throne-back | rho Cas | |
| ἀστέρες τῇ, ὥυ γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε’ ἂ, ϛ’ β | 13 stars, 4 of the third magnitude, 6 of the fourth, 1 of the fifth, 2 of the sixth} |
