Wednesday, February 15, 2012

How was the constellation Virgo put up into the sky?

Meaning mythically, of course, but I have searched everywhere and cannot find it. Help!!How was the constellation Virgo put up into the sky?VIRGO, ZODIAC CONSTELLATION



ASTRAEA The maiden goddess of justice, who departed from the earth at the start of the Brazen Age of Man. She was given a place amongst the stars as the winged constellation Virgo, with her scales set nearby in the form of Libra. (Hyginus 2.25 on Hesiod and Aratus ; Aratus 96)



TYCHE The goddess of good fortune was set amongst the stars as Virgo, along with the scales of fate, Libra. (Hyginus 2.25)



DEMETER The goddess of agriculture was given a memorial amongst the stars in the form of the constellation Virgo, which some say holds a sheaf of wheat in its hand. (Hyginus 2.25)



ERIGONE An Athenian maiden, the daughter of Icarius, the man who Dionysus first instructed in the making of wine. When her father was killed by peasants who mistook thought the wine was poison, she committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree. Dionysus afterwards placed the pair amongst the stars as the constellations Virgo and Bootes. Their dog Maera was set nearby as Canis Major. (Hyginus 2.4 %26amp; 2.25)



PARTHENOS A maiden daughter of Apollon who died young and was set amongst the stars by her father as the constellation Virgo. (Hyginus 2.25)



THE VINTAGER A star on the right wing of the constellation Virgo. (Aratus 137)

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