Ἔριφοι
Eriphoi

Greek noun

Last edited: 2025-02-26
Primary meaning Kids (ζ+η Aurigae)
Literal translation Kids
Variants
Ἔριφοι Eriphoi
Edited by
Kids (ζ+η Aurigae) part of constellation

Ὁ δὲ ἐν τῷ εὐωνύμῳ ὤμῳ τοῦ Ἡνιόχου κείμενος λαμπρὸς ἀστὴρ Αἴξ προσαγορεύεται· οἱ δὲ ἐν ἄκρᾳ τῇ αὐτοῦ χειρὶ κείμενοι ἀστερίσκοι δύο Ἔριφοι καλοῦνται.

‘The bright star lying on the left shoulder of the Charioteer is called Goat; the two little stars lying on the tip of his hand are called Kids.’

— Geminus 3.12

Genre: astronomy
Date: 1st century BCE

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

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἔριφοι (Lemma #2911). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἔριφοι (Lemma #2911). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/
MLA (9th)
Peeters, T. (2025). Ἔριφοι (Lemma #2911). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/
Harvard
Peeters, T. (2025) Ἔριφοι (Lemma #2911), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2911,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Peeters, Thomas},
	year = {2025},
	title = {Ἔριφοι ({Lemma} #2911)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2911/},
}