Pisces

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation Pisces emerged in rather late time in antiquity. Its origin is yet unexplained but it occurs in written Greek sources (Aratus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Ptolemy) and it is depicted in the circular Denderah zodiac dating to Roman time Egypt. Babylonian sources do not have this constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Almagest Ὕδρος

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ὕδρου ἀστερισμός.	Constellation of Aquarius
1	ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ Ὑδροχόου	The star on the head of Aquarius	25 Aqr

References

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