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 282
rned Dr. Barrett has pointed out that this fur-nishes a complete description of day and night, a similethat is especially interesting if we attribute the first sym-bolising of day and night by these stars to the work ofastronomers at a date when the days and nights these starssymbolised were… … Photo by Anderson Temple of Castor and Pollux at Rome Gemini, the Twins 203 lation dates only from classical times. Burritt givesthe following mythological history of the constellation: Castor and Pollux were twin brothers, sons of Jupiter, byLeda, the wife of Tyndarus, King of Sparta. They…
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