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So angry was Hera at Hercules' success that she raised the soul of the lion high into the sky, where today he can be seen as the constellation Leo, the Lion...
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Leo Minor is one of seven constellations introduced by Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), a Polish astronomer mostly known for his charts of the lunar surface. His catalogue of 1564 stars, Prodromus Astronomiae was published by his wife three years after his death. ... The Constellation ; Leo Minor...
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Leo is one of the oldest constellations. It has been protrayed as a lion by many cultures. ... Leo is the fifth zodiac constellation and the one most easily recognized: the crouching lion facing westward, with a distinctive head and mane marked by a sickle of stars which look like a backwards question mark.
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starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/leo.html
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The zodiacal constellation Leo is generally accepted to represent the Nemean Lion, killed by Hercules during his first labor. According to myth, the Nemean lion had an impenetrable skin. Hercules got around this potentially serious obstacle by wrestling the lion and strangling it to death.
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Leo (constellation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for lion. Its symbol is ( ♌ ), a corruption of the initial letter of Λεων ( Leon ). Leo lies between dim Cancer to the west and...
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There are two strong contenders as to which mythical lion is represented by the constellation LEO. ... The first is the Nemean lion which Hercules had to kill as the first of his 12 Labours. This fearsome beast terrorised the land, killing all who ventured near it.
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Hercules could not reason with the beast so he strangled Leo to death. Hera (Zeus’ wife), was so angry with Hercules that she raised the soul of Leo and placed it high in the sky. Today Leo can be seen as the constellation Leo, the Lion.
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www.thegreekgods.org/Leo_Constellation_Mythology.htm
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A large equatorial constellation between Leo and Libra, in which the brightest member is the first-magnitude star Spica. Virgo is the sixth sign of the zodiac, which is entered by the sun on or about August 22nd. Virgo is the only female figure among the constellations of the Zodiac.
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www.rrtearoom.com/horoscope/mythology.htm
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The Story of the Myth ... The constellation Leo has in it ninety-five stars, two of them of the first magnitude. Its Egyptian name, we are told, meant "a pouring out", the Nile giving its fullest irrigation at that season.
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www.souledout.org/hercules/herculesleo/herculesleo.html
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