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Other Names |
Sagittarius, Archer, Chiron |
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First Appearance |
Greek Myth |
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Created by |
Greek Myth |
Origin[]
Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Southern celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Its old astronomical symbol is (♐︎). Its name is Latin for "archer". Sagittarius is commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow. It lies between Scorpius and Ophiuchus to the west and Capricornus and Microscopium to the east.
Sagittarius (♐︎) is the ninth astrological sign, which is associated with the constellation Sagittarius and spans 240–270th degrees of the zodiac. Under the tropical zodiac, the sun transits this sign between approximately November 22 and December 21. Greek mythology associates Sagittarius with the centaur Chiron, who mentored Achilles, a Greek hero of the Trojan War, in archery.
Sagittarius, the half human and half horse, is the centaur of mythology, the learned healer whose higher intelligence forms a bridge between Earth and Heaven. Also known as the Archer, Sagittarius is represented by the symbol of a bow and arrow.
Public Domain Literary Appearances[]
All published appearances of Sagittarius before January 1, 1930 are in the public domain in the US.
Some notable appearances are listed below:
- The Iliad
- Catalogues of Women Fragments
- The Homeric Hymns
- Titanomachia Fragments
- The Cypria Fragments
- Pindar, Odes
- Greek Lyric I Alcaeus
- Greek Lyric IV Bacchylides
- Euripides, Fragments
- Hippias Minor
- Republic
- The Library
- The Argonautica
- Callimachus, Hymns
- Lycophron, Alexandra
- The Library of History
- Description of Greece
- Metamorphoses
- On Animals
- Historical Miscellany
- Imagines
- New History
- Fall of Troy
- Dionysiaca
- The Rape of Helen
- Fabulae
- Astronomica
- Metamorphoses
- Fasti
- Georgics
- Propertius, Elegies
- Natural History
- Hercules Furens
- Troades
- The Argonautica
- Achilleid
- Silvae