CONSTELLATION MYTHS/ WITH ARATUS'S PHAENOMENA

The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose . In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figu res from legend, and myths were provided to explain how each person, creature, or object came to be placed in the sky. Thus we can s ee Heracles killing the Dragon, and Perseus slaying the sea-monster to save Andromeda/ Orion chases the seven maidens transformed by Zeus in...[Read more]