Star lore of all ages; a collection of myths, legends, and facts concerning the constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1911)
Olcott, William Tyler, 1873-1936 · New York, London : G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 156
awn fromthe heavens. Apollonius Rhodius speaks of Sirius burning the islandsof Minos. Horace says: Here in a quiet valley you will escapethe heat of the Dog Star, and in his celebrated ode to theBandusian Fount he writes: Gainst flaming Sirius fiery thou art proof. The question whether Sirius has… … God Anubis TlUJt* Pi Canis Major, the Greater Dog 103 The fiery Sirius alters hue and bickers into red and emerald. Dr. See, the eminent astronomer of the present day,asserts that eighteen hundred years ago Sirius was red.There is a reference in Festus to the effect that the Romanfarmers sacrificed…
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