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1. Praesepe (Beehive Cluster)
1.a Praesepe (Beehive Cluster) part of constellation
part of Cancer; not necessarily identical to the modern cluster M44
Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῳ Καρκίνῳ νεφελοειδεῖ συστροφῇ ἐοικότες καλοῦνται Φάτνη· οἱ δὲ πλησίον αὐτῆς δύο ἀστέρες κείμενοι Ὄνοι προσαγορεύεται.
‘The ones (i.e. stars) in Cancer looking like a nebulous mass are named Manger; and the two stars lying close to it are called Asses.’
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Φάτνη (Lemma #2856). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Φάτνη (Lemma #2856), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac2856,
note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
author = {Peeters, Thomas},
year = {2025},
title = {Φάτνη ({Lemma} #2856)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2856/},
}