Hera was courted by Ixion. Zeus tricked him into impregnating a cloud named Nephele that had been formed to look like Hera. Then, as punishment, Ixion was strapped to a flaming wheel and rolled around the sky for eternity the ecliptic. The cloud Nephele had a child which was the first centaur. Athamas eventually tried to have the children killed. Hera sent a golden ram so the children could escape by riding its back. One of the children, Helle, fell off and died in the sea at a place called Hellespont.
The other child, Phrixus, eventually sacrifice the ram to Zeus. The skin of the ram developed special powers and is the same relic that is later sought by Jason and the Argonauts. Auriga The Charioteer Hephaestus impregnated Mother Earth with a child, Erichthonius, who was born with the lower body of a snake.
Athena pitied the boy and raised him as her own son in the city of Athens where he eventually became king. He became famous for developing the four horse chariot. Often defending Athena's honor, Erichthonius the charioteer was eventually placed in the sky as a reward.
His dog, Maera, became the bright star Procyon in Canis Minor. This pleased Hera who later placed him in the sky. The dogs were placed in the sky along with Orion when he was killed by the scorpion. Gazing at herself in a mirror, she proclaimed to be more beautiful than the Nereids, which were sea nymphs. As punishment Poseidon demanded that the princess Andromeda be sacrificed to the sea monster, Cetus.
Perseus used the Medusa's head to turn Cassiopeia, Agenor, and his men to stone. The constellations of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus are facing each other's feet so they cannot speak to each other. Because the Queen insulted the sea nymphs, she never sets below the surface of the sea as seen from northern latitudes. Chiron was in great pain.
Meanwhile, Prometheus was being punished for giving mankind the knowlege of how to fire. Prometheus was bound to a rock in Tartarus where a vulture continuously pecked his liver. Prometheus could only be release if someone voluntarily took his place. Hercules asked that Prometheus be released and Chiron take his place so that only one of them would have to suffer.
After Chiron took the place of Prometheus, Hercules shot the vulture with an arror, ending the torture. Chiron was later placed in the sky as a constellation by Zeus.
He was also one of the Argonauts that adventured with Jason. Cetus The Sea Monster The monster Cetus is the mother of Phorcids who gave birth to many other monsters; the serpent-guard in the Garden of the Hesperides, the Gorgons, Cerberus the three-headed dog guardian of Hades, the Hydra, the Chimera and several others. She gave him a big ball of string.
As he walked through the Labyrinth, Theseus unrolled the string. After he slew the Minotaur, he followed the string out of the maze. The crown was made for Princess Ariadne as a wedding present by the master smith Hephaestus. The seven stars in the constellation represent the seven maidens and seven youths that had been sacrificed to the Minotaur. It was placed in the sky after her death. Corvus The Crow Apollo sent the crow to get some pure water for a sacrifice he was preparing for Zeus.
The crow stopped to eat some figs but they weren't very ripe so he waited for them to ripen. The crow returned with a water snake and claimed the snake was the reason for the delay. Apollo knew the crow was lying and was angry. He turned the crow from white to black. Then he cursed the crow so it would always get a sore throat when the figs are ripe. Apollo placed the crow in the sky as a constellation to warn to others who might dare to to lie to him.
Crater The Cup The people of the city of Eleusis were struck by a plague. To appease the gods and avoid the plague, a sacrifice was of a noble maiden was made each year. The king, Demonphon, didn't include his own daughters in the lottery. He got away with this for awhile but then a nobleman, Mastusius, objected. Demonphon sacrificed one of Mastusius' daughters without drawing lots.
Mastusius sent an invitation to dinner to the king. When the king arrived, Mastusius served him a cup of wine that he had mixed with the blood of the king's daughters, whom he had murdered. When the murders were discovered, Mastusius was killed and thrown into the sea. The cup was placed in the sky to remind men that their evil deeds will not go unpunished.
In mercy, The gods transformed him into a swan. She hid in the Atlas mountains Morocco so Poseidon sent a dolphin to plead his case and she finally agreed to be a bride. The dolphin was rewarded with a place in the sky. His father knew that the idea was foolish and refused. The horses felt the novice hand at the reins and raced across the sky, sometimes too high, sometimes too low, alternately freezing and burning the land below.
The gods placed the river in the sky in memory of the event. Zeus had disguised himself as a swan and seduced Leda, who laid an egg from which Helen and Pollux were born. At the same time she also gave birth to Castor and Clytaemnestra, children of her husband Tyndareus. Since Pollux was the son of a Zeus, he was immortal, but Castor was mortal. The brothers grew close. At the Olympic games Castor was killed. Pollux asked Zeus to permit him to die so they could remain together. Zeus placed both of the boys in the sky.
Hera, Zeus' wife, was jealous of Alcmene and attempted to kill Hercules many times but always failed. Hercules performed many great feats which made him famous. He liberating Thebes from the Minyans, for which he was given the hand of Megara, Princess of Thebes. They had three sons. Then Hera had her revenge. She made Hercules temporarily insane and he killed his wife and the children. In punishment for the crime Hercules was given twelve impossible tasks. Only if he completed these tasks would he be a free man.
One example of the tasks is that Hercules had to slay the Nemean lion who terrorized the valley of Nemea. But the task was to slay it bare handed.
It took 30 days to strangle the animal. He skinned the beast and nailed the body to the sky Leo. He wore the skin as a trophy. Another example is that he had to battle the Hydra, a multi-headed sea snake who lived in the marsh of Lerna. When he cut off one head, two more heads would grow in its place. Instead of cutting them, Hercules burned the heads off. Another task of Hercules was the theft of the golden apples of the Hesperides.
They were guarded by Ladon, the dragon. Unable to safely approach the dragon, Hercules asked Atlas for help. The exoplanet closest to the star takes a mere three days to orbit it, while the farthest takes 2, days.
Aside from the individual stars, there is a lovely star cluster, with catalogue number M52, located light-years away. You will need binoculars to see this open cluster superimposed in front of the farther Milky Way stars.
A beautiful object located in the nearby constellation Perseus is called the Double Cluster and consists of two side-by-side star clusters located 7, and 7, light-years away.
The constellation Perseus is located below Cassiopeia's W. On a clear moonless night, away from light sources, the Double Cluster can be seen by the naked eye, meaning without using any optical aid. A few hundred young hot supergiant stars reside in the two clusters. At two-and-a-quarter-million light-years away, it is the closest galaxy to us.
The light you see there left the Andromeda Galaxy when Homo habilus was walking the Earth two-and-a-quarter-million years ago.
I have been fascinated by reading books from the mid 's-mid 's. When the world We made eye contact as I waited in line at Revolver this afternoon. She often boasted that she was the most beautiful of all. However, our hero Perseus, who was returning from slaying the Medusa, rescues Andromeda in the nick of time as they ride off on his winged horse, Pegasus. This story depicting six constellations is sometimes referred to as the Royal Family of Constellations.
One star catalogued HD and located 21 light years away has seven bodies circling it. The closest exoplanet takes a mere three days to orbit the star, while the farthest takes 2, days. Aside from individual stars, there is a lovely star cluster with catalogue number M52 located light years away. You will need binoculars to see this open cluster superimposed in front of the farther Milky Way stars.
A beautiful object located in the constellation Perseus is called the Double Cluster and consists of two side-by-side star clusters located 7, and 7, light years away. On a clear moonless night, away from light sources, the Double Cluster can be seen with the naked eye.
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