Cepheus
From All Skies Encyclopaedia
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Babylonian
Greco-Roman
Aratos
Nor will the suffering family of Cepheus, son of Iasius, [180] be just left unmentioned: their name also has reached the sky, for they were akin to Zeus. Behind the Bear Cynosura [Ursa Minor] Cepheus himself is like a man stretching out both his arms. The line that extends from the tip of her tail to each of his feet equals the distance from foot to foot. [186] And you have only to look a little way past his belt if you are searching for the first coil o f the great Dragon.
(Kidd 1997)
Eratosthenes
Hipparchus
Geminos
Almagest Κηφεύς
| id | Greek
(Heiberg 1898) |
English
(Toomer 1984) |
ident. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Κηφέως ἀστερισμός. | Constellation of Cepheus | ||
| 1 | ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ποδός | The star on the right leg | kap Cep |
| 2 | ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ποδός | The one on the left leg | gam Cep |
| 3 | ὁ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥώνηη ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πλευροῦ | The star under the belt on the right side | bet Cep |
| 4 | ὁ ὑπὲρ τὸν δεξιὸν ὤμου ἀπτόμευος. | The star·over the tight shoulder, which touches it | alf Cep |
| 5 | ὁ ὑπὲρ τὸν δεξιὸυ ἀγκῶνα ἀπτόμερος | The star over the right elbow, which touches it | eta Cep |
| 6 | ὁ ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀγκῶνα καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπτόμενος. | The one under that elbow, which also touches it | tet Cep |
| ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει | The star in the chest | xi Cep | |
| ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχύουος | The star on the left arm | iot Cep | |
| τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς τιάρας 7’ ὁ νότιος. | The southernmost of the 3 stars on the tiara | eps Cep | |
| ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν. | The middle one of the three | zet Cep | |
| ὁ βορειότερος τῶν τριῶν. | The northernmost of the three | lam Cep | |
| ἀστέρες ιἄ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἄ, δ’ ξ,εη. | 11 stars, l of the third magnitude, 7 of the fourth, 3 of the fifth | ||
| Τῶν περὶ Κηφέα ἀμορφώτων. | Stars around Cepheus outside the constellation | ||
| ὁ προηγούμενος τῆς τιάρας. | The one in advance of the tiara | mu Cep | |
| ὁ ἐπόμενος τῇ τιάρα | The one to the rear or the tiara | del Cep | |
| ἀμόρφωτοι β, ὧν δ’ μεγέθους ἄ, ε α | 2 stars outside the constellation, 1 of the fourth magnitude, 1 of the fifth |
