Κύων

not necessarily identical to the modern constellation

Νότια δέ ἐστιν, ὅσα τοῦ τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλου πρὸς μεσημβρίαν κεῖται. Ἔστι δὲ τάδε· Ὠρίων καὶ Προκύων, Κύων, Λαγωός, Ἀργώ, Ὕδρος, Κρατήρ, Κόραξ, Κένταυρος, Θηρίον, ὃ κρατεῖ ὁ Κένταυρος, καὶ Θυρσόλογχος, ὃν κρατεῖ ὁ Κένταυρος καθ’ Ἵππαρχον, Θυμιαθήριον, Νότιος Ἰχθύς, Κῆτος, Ὕδωρ τὸ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὑδροχόου, Ποταμὸς ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὠρίωνος, Νότιος Στέφανος, ὑπὸ δέ τινων Οὐρανίσκος προσαγορευόμενος, Κηρύκειον καθ’ Ἵππαρχον.

‘Southern (constellations) there are as many as lie to the south of the zodiac. These are the following: Orion and Procyon, Dog, Hare, Argo, Hydra, Crater, Raven, Centaurus, Wild Animal, that Centaurus is holding, and Thyrsus-Lance, that Centaurus is holding according to Hipparchus, Censer, Southern Fish, Sea Monster, Water from Aquarius, River from Orion, Southern Crown, but according to some called Canopy, (and) Caduceus according to Hipparchus.’

Ὁ δὲ ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Κυνὸς λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ, ὃς δοκεῖ τὴν ἐπίτασιν τῶν καυμάτων ποιεῖν, ὁμωνύμως ὅλῳ τῷ ζῳδίῳ Κύων προσαγορεύεται.

‘The bright star in the mouth of the Dog, which seems to cause the intensification of the heat, is called with the same name as the whole constellation, Dog.’

Ὁ δὲ ἐν τῷ στόματι τοῦ Κυνὸς λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ, ὃς δοκεῖ τὴν ἐπίτασιν τῶν καυμάτων ποιεῖν, ὁμωνύμως ὅλῳ τῷ ζῳδίῳ Κύων προσαγορεύεται.

‘The bright star in the mouth of the Dog, which seems to cause the intensification of the heat, is called with the same name as the whole constellation, Dog.’