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PISCES (the fishes)

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 649 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PISCES (the fishes) , in See also:astronomy, the twelfth sign of the See also:zodiac (q.v.), represented by two fishes tied together by their tails and denoted by the See also:symbol X. It is also a See also:constellation, mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.e.)and See also:Aratus (3rd century B.C.); and catalogued by See also:Ptolemy (38 stars), Tycho See also:Brahe (36) and See also:Hevelius (39). In See also:Greek See also:legend See also:Aphrodite and See also:Eros, while on the See also:banks of the See also:Euphrates, were surprised by See also:Typhon, and sought safety by See also:jumping into the See also:water, where they were changed into two fishes. This See also:fable, however, as in many other similar cases, is probably nothing more than an See also:adaptation of an older See also:Egyptian See also:tale. a Piscium, is a See also:fine See also:double See also:star of magnitude 3 and 4; 35 Piscium, is another double star, the components being a See also:white star of the 6th magnitude and a purplish star of the 8th magnitude. Piscis australis, the See also:southern See also:fish, is a constellation of the southern hemisphere, mentioned by Eudoxus and Aratus, and catalogued by Ptolemy, who described 18 stars. The most important star is a Piscis australis or Fomalhaut, a star of the first magnitude. Piscis volans, the flying fish, is a new constellation introduced by See also:John Bayer in 1603.

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