Aries

Aries star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Kugel Globe: Aries and Triangulum, 1st century BCE (drawing by SMH 2024)

Almagest Κριός

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Κριοῦ ἀστερισμός
1	τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ κέρως β ὁ προηγούμενος
2	ὁ ἐπόμεσος αὐτῶν
3	ὁ τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ῥύγχους β ὁ βορειότερος
4	ὁ φοτιώτερος αὐτῶν
5	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ τραχήλου
6	ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ὀσφύος
	ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκφύσεως τῆς οὐρᾶς
	τῶν ἐν τῇ οὐρᾷ 7 ὁ προηγούμενος
	ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.
	ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.
	ὁ ἐν τῷ ὀπισθομήρῳ!
	ὁ ὑπὸ τὴν ἀγκύληη
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀπισθίου ἀκρόποδος
	ἀστέρες ιχ, ὧν γ’ μεγέθους β, δ’ δ,ἐς,ςα
	Οἱ περὶ τὸν Κριὸν ἀμόρφωτοι
	ὁ ὑπὲρ τὴν κεφαλήν, ὃυ Ἴππαρχος ἐπὶ τοῦ ῥύγχους
	τῶν ὑπὲρ τὴν ὀσφὺν δ ὁ ἐπόμενος καὶ λαμπρότερος.
	τῶν λοιπῶν φ’ καὶ ἀμαυροτέρω» ὁ βόρειος.
	τῶν λοιπῶν φ’ καὶ ἀμαυροτέρω» ὁ βόρειος.
	ὁ νότιος αὐτῶν.
	ἀστέρες ἓ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἄ, δ’ ἂ, γ.

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)