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• VIRGO (" the Virgin ")

VIRGO (" the Virgin ")  , in See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy, the See also:

• SIXTH

sixth sign of the See also:

• ZODIAC (o i'w&arcds rvKcXor, from d,&ov, " a little animal ")

zodiac (q.v.), denoted by the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol l[p . It is also a See also:

• CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded with stars; co'n, with, and Stella, a star)

constellation mentioned by See also:

• EUDOXUS

Eudoxus (4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C.) and See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus (3rd century B.C.); See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy catalogued 32 stars, Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe 33, See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius 50 . The Greeks represented this constellation as a virgin, but different fables are current as to the identity of the maid . She is variously considered to be: Justitia, daughter of Astraeus and Ancora, who lived before See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man sinned, and taught him his See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty, and when the See also:

• GOLDEN

golden See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age ended she returned to See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven; according to See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod the virgin is the daughter of See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter and See also:

• THEMIS

Themis; others make her to be See also:

• ERIGONE

Erigone, daughter of Icarius, or Parthene, daughter of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo . The most interesting stars of this constellation are: a Virginis, or Spica, a See also:

• STAR

star of the first magnitude with a very faint See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion; and ti Virginis, a binary star, having components of the third magnitude .