〈Ἄρκτος〉 Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
〈Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος〉 Megalē Arktos ‘Ursa Major’
Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος
Mikra Arktos
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Ursa Minor |
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| Literal translation | Little Bear |
| Variants | Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος Mikra Arktos Ἄρκτος Μικρά Arktos Mikra |
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Ursa Minor constellation
not necessarily identical to the modern constellation
Βόρεια δέ ἐστιν, ὅσα τοῦ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλου πρὸς ἄρκτους κεῖται. Ἔστι δὲ τάδε· ἡ Μεγάλη Ἄρκτος, ἡ Μικρά, Δράκων ὁ διὰ τῶν Ἄρκτων, Ἀρκτοφύλαξ, Στέφανος, Ἐνγόνασιν, Ὀφιοῦχος, Ὄφις, Λύρα, Ὄρνις, Ὀϊστός, Ἀετός, Δελφίς, Προτομὴ Ἵππου καθ’ Ἵππαρχον, Ἵππος, Κηφεύς, Κασσιέπεια, Ἀνδρομέδα, Περσεύς, Ἡνίοχος, Δελτωτὸν καὶ ὁ ὕστερον κατεστηριγμένος ὑπὸ Καλλιμάχου Βερενίκης Πλόκαμος.
‘Northern (constellations) there are as many as lie to the north of the zodiac. These are the following: the Great Bear, the Little (Bear), Dragon between the Bears, Bear Keeper, Crown, Kneeling Man, Ophiuchus, Serpent, Lyre, Bird, Arrow, Eagle, Dolphin, Forepart of a Horse according to Hipparchus, Horse, Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Perseus, Charioteer, Triangle and the later by Callimachus established Lock of Berenikē.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος (Lemma #2784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος (Lemma #2784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος (Lemma #2784). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος (Lemma #2784), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2784,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Μικρὰ Ἄρκτος ({Lemma} #2784)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2784/},
}