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Aratosdoesnot include the Pleiades in Taurus, of which latterhe

says:—

" The horned Bull,fallennearthe Driver's feet,

Behold. Andverylike him lie the stars ;

Thusis his head distinguished; other mark

Is needless to discern the head, sincestars

On both sidesshapeit as they roll along.

Muchmentionedis their name,nor, soothly, are

The Rainy-ones unheardof. They haveplace

On the whole frontof the Bull."*

Thefollowingdiagramof the Ptolemaic Taurusillustrateshow the

originallunarBullf was reduplicated in the constellationalBull,

andshowsthe " Great " and " Little Twins" tin the scheme of the

ThirtyStars.

Fig.11.

TheLunarBull

(HittiteSymbolfrom

Hamath).

Fig.I. The PtolemaicTaurus.

The Gut-anna (" Bull-of-heaven") is in the kharran Samsi

("Sun-path"), and is mentioned in connexion with rain. J As

k

* Phainomcna, 167-74. t Vide Fig.2.

J W.A.I. Ill,53, No. I, Rev., lines15-16. Thiswell accordswiththe

"pluviaeHyades"(Vergil,Aen.I, 744; III,516),"tristesHyades"(Horace,

Car.I, iii, 4). " Hyadas Graiusab imbre vocat" (Ovid, Fasti,V, 166). Thales

said they weretwo in number, a northern and a southern star.

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