Ἅρπη
Harpē

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning Sickle (Double Cluster)
Literal translation Sickle
Variants
Ἅρπη Harpē
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Sickle (Double Cluster) part of constellation

part of Perseus; not necessarily identical to the modern clusters 869+884

Οἱ δὲ ἐν ἄκρᾳ τῇ ἀριστερᾷ χειρὶ τοῦ Περσέως κείμενοι ἀστέρες Γοργόνιον καλοῦνται· οἱ δὲ ἐν ἄκρᾳ τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ τοῦ Περσέως κείμενοι ἀστερίσκοι πυκνοὶ καὶ μικροὶ εἰς τὴν Ἅρπην καταστηρίζονται.

‘The stars lying on the tip of the left hand of Perseus are called Gorgon’s Head; the close-packed tiny little stars lying on the tip of the right hand of Perseus are fixed into the Sickle.’

— Geminus 3.11

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

Geminus. 1975. Géminos, Introduction aux Phénomènes, ed. G. Aujac. Paris: Les Belles Lettres. 19-20

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APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἅρπη (Lemma #2908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἅρπη (Lemma #2908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἅρπη (Lemma #2908). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Ἅρπη (Lemma #2908), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/ (Accessed: February 2, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2908,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-02]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Ἅρπη ({Lemma} #2908)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2908/},
}