〈mul.MAR.GID2.DA〉 ereqqu ‘Wagon-star’
〈—〉 ḫpš ‘Ursa Major’
〈—〉 msḫ.ṱ ‘Ursa Major’
〈septentriones〉 ‘Ursa Major’
〈arctos〉 ‘the Bear’
〈עַיִשׁ〉 ʿayiš ‘Aldebaran? Ursa Major? Leo?’
〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
Ἄμαξα
Amaxa
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Ursa Major |
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| Literal translation | Wagon |
| Variants | Ἄμαξα Amaxa Ἅμαξα Hamaxa Attic |
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Ursa Major constellation
not necessarily identical to the modern constellation
Ἐν μὲν γαῖαν ἔτευξ’, ἐν δ’ οὐρανόν, ἐν δὲ θάλασσαν, ἠέλιόν τ’ ἀκάμαντα σελήνην τε πλήθουσαν, ἐν δὲ τὰ τείρεα πάντα, τά τ’ οὐρανὸς ἐστεφάνωται, Πληϊάδας θ’ Ὑάδας τε τό τε σθένος Ὠρίωνος Ἄρκτόν θ’, ἣν καὶ Ἄμαξαν ἐπίκλησιν καλέουσιν, ἥ τ’ αὐτοῦ στρέφεται καί τ’ Ὠρίωνα δοκεύει, οἴη δ’ ἄμμορός ἐστι λοετρῶν Ὠκεανοῖο.
‘On it he produced the earth, and on it the sky, and on it the sea, and the untiring Sun and the full Moon, and on it all the constellations, that the sky is wreathed with: the Pleiades as well as the Hyades as well as the might of Orion as well as the Bear, which they call Wagon as additional name, and which revolves around itself and keeps an eye on Orion, and which alone is without share of baths in Ocean.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἄμαξα (Lemma #1297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἄμαξα (Lemma #1297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἄμαξα (Lemma #1297). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Ἄμαξα (Lemma #1297), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1297,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Ἄμαξα ({Lemma} #1297)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1297/},
}