Path of the sun

Place · slug: path-of-the-sun

Also: zodiac, heaven, battle with Typhon

Stories (14)

Phaethon and the Sun Chariot
Olympian gods / Helios · Euripidean fragments + Roman transmission (Ovid) of the sun-chariot fall
Clytie: The Heliotrope (Ovid-Labeled)
Local and lesser — solar metamorphosis / Oceanid · Roman transmission (Ovid) of Helios–Clytie lore; Greek heliotropism as natural aetiology background
Virgo: Astraea / Dike among the Stars
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Justice departing the earth · Catasterismic / Hesiodic–Aratean — maiden Justice as Virgo
Cancer: The Crab of the Lernaean Hydra (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Heracles’s Second Labor · Catasterismic handbook — crab sent by Hera, placed as Cancer
Leo: The Nemean Lion among the Stars (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Heracles’s First Labor · Catasterismic handbook — Nemean lion as Leo
Gemini: The Dioscuri among the Stars (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Spartan twins · Catasterismic / Homeric–Pindaric — Castor and Polydeuces as Gemini
Aries: The Golden Ram of Phrixus (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Argonautic prelude · Catasterismic handbook — Nephele’s ram as Aries
Taurus: Zeus’s Bull and Europa (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Zeus and Europa · Catasterismic handbook — bull of Europa (or Io) as Taurus
Scorpius: The Scorpion among the Stars (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Orion cycle · Catasterismic handbook — scorpion that killed Orion as Scorpius
Sagittarius: Crotus or Chiron the Archer (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / centaur-archer · Catasterismic handbook — Crotus (Musaean) or Chiron as Sagittarius
Capricorn: Aegipan / Pan in the Typhonomachy (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Typhoeus aftermath · Catasterismic handbook — goat-fish Aegipan (Pan) as Capricorn
Aquarius: Ganymede the Water-Bearer (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Ganymede · Catasterismic handbook — Ganymede as Aquarius
Pisces: Aphrodite and Eros as Fishes (Catasterism)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Aphrodite · Catasterismic handbook — Aphrodite and Eros (or Syrian fish) as Pisces
Libra: The Scales (and the Chelae of Scorpius)
Local and lesser — astral aetiology / Justice / zodiac history · Catasterismic / Aratean — Chelae become Libra; scales of Dike/Astraea

Mnemosyne — Classical Greek Myth Library

Path of the sun

Stories (14)

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