〈Ὠρίων〉 Ōriōn ‘Orion’
Κηρύκειον
Kērukeion
Greek noun
Last edited: 2025-02-26| Primary meaning | Caduceus |
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| Literal translation | Caduceus |
| Variants | Κηρύκειον Kērukeion Κηρίκειον Kērikeion |
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Caduceus constellation
corresponding approximately to a part of the modern constellation Orion
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.’
(...), νοτόθεν δὲ <συνανατέλλει> ὁ Ὠρίων ξίφος ἔχων ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ ἀνατετακώς, τῇ εὐωνύμῳ κατέχει τὸ λεγόμενον Κηρίκειον, ἐζωσμένος κατὰ μέσον τοῦ σώματος.
‘(...), in the south Orion <rises with it (i.e., Taurus)>, having a sword stretched out in his right hand - in his left one he holds the so-called Caduceus -, girdled around the middle of his body.’
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@misc{zodiac2822,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Κηρύκειον ({Lemma} #2822)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2822/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2822/},
}