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 354
tes itwas originally one of the three birds opposed to Herakles.Thus its principal star, Vega, was known as the FallingGrype. According to an Arab commentator on UlughBeg, £ and I, Lyras represent the two wings of the Grype,by drawing in which he let himself down to the earth. On the Phoenician… … Photo by Anderson Orpheus and EurydiceVilla Albani, Rome OBLICLIBR. Lyra, the Lyre 259 upon the shore with the dried tendons stretched acrossit. Blake ofEers the following explanation of the connectionof this figure with the tortoise: At the probable timewhen the name of the constellation was…
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