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ARIES (" The Ram ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 491 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ARIES (" The Ram ")

ARIES (" The See also:
RAM
RAM, PIERRE FRANCOIS XAVIER DE (18o4-1865)
Ram ") , in See also:

ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the first sign of the See also:

ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac (q.v.), denoted by the sign T, in See also:

IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of a ram's See also:

head. The name is probably to be associated with the fact that when the See also:

sun is in this See also:

PART

part of the heavens (in See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring) See also:

sheep bring forth their See also:

young; this finds a parallel in See also:

AQUARIUS (the " Water-bearer " or " Cup-bearer ")

Aquarius, when there is much See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain. It is also a See also:

CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation, mentioned by See also:

EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.c.) and See also:

ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.); See also:

PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy catalogued eighteen stars, Tycho See also:

Brahe twenty-one, and See also:

HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius twenty-seven. According to a See also:

Greek myth, Nephele, See also:

MOTHER

mother of Phrixus and Helle, gave her son a ram with a See also:

GOLDEN

golden fleece. To avoid the evil designs of See also:

HERA

Hera, their stepmother, Phrixus and Helle fled on the back of the ram, and reaching the See also:

sea, attempted to See also:

CROSS

cross. Helle See also:

fell from the ram and was drowned (hence the See also:

HELLESPONT (i.e. " Sea of Helle "; variously named in classical literature `EXX oirov-ros, o "EXXns a6vros, Hellespontum Pelagus, and Rectum Hellesponticum)

Hellespont); Phrixus, having arrived in See also:

COLCHIS

Colchis and been kindly received by the See also:

king, Aeetes, sacrificed the ram to See also:

ZEUS

Zeus, to whom he also dedicated the fleece, which was afterwards carried away by See also:

JASON ('Iaacov)

Jason. Zeus placed the ram in the heavens as the constellation.

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