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 318
ky, would seemto call for an explanation. Burritt claims that this fable of the many-headed Hydramay be understood to mean nothing more than that themarshes of Lerna were infested with a multitude ofserpents, which seemed to multiply as fast as theywere destroyed. Among the constellations we find… … Photo by Anderson Hercules and the HydraUffizi Gallery at Florence ■ r Hydra, the Water Snake 225 endeavour to see the heavens as viewed by the ancientswho designed them. By reason of the Precession of the Equinoxes, that slowchange in the position of the heavens, which is constantlygoing on, the…
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