Θυρσόλογχος

Thursolonchos
Greek · noun
variants Θυρσόλοχος : Thursolochos , Θυρσόληχος : Thursolēchos , Θυρσόλυχος : Thursoluchos
Edited by: Thomas Peeters
Last edited: 2025-01-31
Meanings
Literal translation
Thyrsus-Lance
Categories
constellation
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1. Thyrsus-Lance

1.a Thyrsus-Lance constellation

corresponding approximately to a part of the modern constellation Centaurus

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.’

— Geminus 3.13

Genre: astronomy Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 20

Some manuscripts and Aujac omit this constellation. Most manuscripts have the variant Θυρσόλοχος, Θυρσόληχος or Θυρσόλυχος.
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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Θυρσόλογχος (Lemma #2814). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Θυρσόλογχος (Lemma #2814). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Θυρσόλογχος (Lemma #2814). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Θυρσόλογχος (Lemma #2814), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2814,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Θυρσόλογχος ({Lemma} #2814)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2814/},
}