IX.
CASSIEPIA sedens in siliquastro conlocata est. cuius sedilis et ipsius Cassiepiae pedes positi sunt in ipsa circumductione circuli, qui arcticus uocatur; effigies autem corporis ad aestiuum circulum peruenit, quem capite et dextra manu tangit. hanc prope mediam diuidit circulus is, qui lacteus appellatur, proxime Cephei signum conlocatam. haec occidens cum Scorpione exoriente capite cum sedili resupina ferri perspicitur, exoriri autem cum Sagittario. huius in capite stella ostenditur I, in utroque humero I, in papilla dextra clara I, in lumbis magna I, in sinistro femine duae, in genu I, in pede primori dextro I; in quadrato, quo sella deformatur, una; in angulis utrisque singulae clarius ceteris lucentes. haec igitur est omnino stellarum XIII.
IX. Cassiepia
Cassiepia is set seated on a siliquastrum (chair). The feet of this seat and of Cassiepia herself are placed on the very circumference of the circle called arctic; the figure of her body, however, reaches the summer circle, which she touches with her head and right hand. The circle called the Milky Way divides her almost in the middle, she being placed very near the sign of Cepheus. Setting, when the Scorpion rises, she is seen to be carried head and seat thrown back, and she rises with the Archer. In her head one star is shown, in each shoulder 1, in the right breast 1 bright, in the loins 1 large, in the left thigh 2, in the knee 1, in the right front foot 1; in the square by which the seat is shaped, 1; in the two corners one each, shining more brightly than the rest. This, then, is 13 stars in all.
X.
ANDROMEDA proxime Cassiepiam, supra caput Persei breui interuallo dissidente collocata perspicitur, manibus diuersis uincta, ut antiquis historiis est traditum. cuius caput equi Pegasi uentri, coniungitur; eadem enim stella et umbilicus Pegasi et Andromedae caput appellatur. huius medium pectus et manum sinistram circulus aestiuus diuidit. occidit autem cum Pisce de duobus secundo, quem Andromedae subiectum brachio supra diximus, exoriente Libra et Scorpione, capite prius quam reliquo corpore perueniens ad terram. exoritur autem cum Piscibus et Ariete. Haec habet in capite stellam clare lucentem I, in utroque humero I, in cubito dextro I, in ipsa manu I, in sinistro cubito I, in brachio I, in manu alteram, in zona III, supra zonam IIII, in utroque genu I, in pedibus autem binas. ita omnino est stellarum XX.
X. Andromeda
Andromeda is seen placed nearest to Cassiepia, above the head of Perseus, at a short interval, her hands bound apart, as has been handed down in the old stories. Her head is joined to the belly of the horse Pegasus; for the same star is both the navel of Pegasus and the head of Andromeda. The summer circle divides her middle breast and left hand. She sets with the second of the two Fishes, which we said above lies beneath Andromeda's arm, when the Balance and the Scorpion rise, reaching the earth head first before the rest of her body. She rises with the Fishes and the Ram. She has in the head 1 brightly shining star, in each shoulder 1, in the right elbow 1, in the hand itself 1, in the left elbow 1, in the arm 1, in the hand another, in the belt 3, above the belt 4, in each knee 1, in the feet 2 each [?]. Thus the stars are 20 in all.
XI. PERSEUS.
Huius sinistrum crus et humerum laeuum circulus aestiuus a reliquo corpore diuidit. ipse manu dextra arctoum circulum tangit, dextro pede caput Aurigae premere uelut currens uidetur. idem occidens Sagittario et Capricorno exorto, inclinatus ad caput uersus cum Ariete et Tauro rectus exoritur. habet autem in utroque humero stellam I, in manu dextra clare lucentem I qua falcem tenere dicitur, quo telo Gorgona interfecit; in sinistra alteram, qua caput Gorgonis tenere existimatur. habet praeterea in uentre stellam I, in lumbis alteram, in dextro femine I, ad genu I, in tibia I, in pede I obscuram, in sinistro femine I et in genu alteram, in tibia duas; in sinistra manu, quod Gorgonis caput uocatur, stellas IIII. omnino est stellarum XVIIII. caput eius et falx sine sideribus apparet.
XI. Perseus
The summer circle divides his left leg and left shoulder from the rest of the body. With his right hand he touches the arctic circle, and with the right foot he is seen to press on the head of the Charioteer, as if running. Setting, when the Archer and Capricorn have risen, inclined toward the head, he rises upright with the Ram and the Bull. He has in each shoulder 1 star, in the right hand 1 brightly shining one, with which he is said to hold the sickle (falx), the weapon with which he killed the Gorgon; in the left another, with which he is thought to hold the Gorgon's head. He has besides in the belly 1 star, in the loins another, in the right thigh 1, at the knee 1, in the shin 1, in the foot 1 dim, in the left thigh 1 and in the knee another, in the shin 2; in the left hand, which is called the Gorgon's head, 4 stars. He has 19 stars in all. His head and sickle appear without stars.
Hunc Aratus cum diceret inter astra κεκονισμένον figuratum, acceperunt complures eum puluerulentum dictum; quod minime conuenit. posse inter sidera etiam puluerulentum apparere, quod si esset, dignior erat Orion, cui idem adscriberetur; primum quod assidue est uenatus et semper in terra fuit, deinde quod adhuc inter sidera uenari uidetur. Perseus autem qui assidue uolaret, non potest puluerem habere. quod igitur est: cum uellet Aratus eum currentem obscure significare, usus Aeoliorum ratione, eum κεκονισμένον dixit. Aeolii enim cum uolunt aliquem decurrere significare, κεκονίσθαι dicunt; id quod Aratus uult demonstrare, non ut illum uolantem assidue puluerulentum dicat. quod a multis perperam est intellectum.
When Aratus said that he is figured among the stars as κεκονισμένον, very many took this to mean that he is called 'dusty' (puluerulentus); which does not fit at all. [They say] that even a dusty figure can appear among the stars; if that were so, Orion would be more worthy to have the same ascribed to him: first because he constantly hunted and was always on the earth, then because he is seen even now hunting among the stars. But Perseus, who is constantly flying, cannot have dust. What it is, then, is this: wishing to signify obscurely that he is running, Aratus, using the usage of the Aeolians, called him κεκονισμένον. For the Aeolians, when they wish to signify that someone is running down, say κεκονίσθαι; and this is what Aratus wants to show, not that he calls him dusty as one constantly flying. This has been wrongly understood by many.
XII.
Heniochus autem circulo aestiuo genuum fine, praeterea ab humero sinistro usque ad zonam diuiditur ab eo, quem supra lacteum orbem diximus. huius pes dexter Tauri sinistro cornu stella coniungitur una; manu ut lora tenens figuratur. cuius in humero sinistro Capra, in manu autem duo Haedi duabus stellis formati dicuntur. Totus autem pedibus Persei subiectus, caput habens contra Ursae maioris aspectum. hic occidere Sagittarii et Capricorni exortu uidetur; exoriri autem Ophiucho et Engonasin occidentibus. habet praeterea in capite stellam I, in utroque humero I, sed in sinistro clariorem, quae Capra uocatur; in utroque cubito I; in manu II, quae Haedi appellantur, stellis prope occidentibus ficti.
XII. Heniochus (the Charioteer)
The Charioteer is divided by the summer circle at the end of the knees, and moreover from the left shoulder to the belt by that which we called above the Milky orb. His right foot is joined to the Bull's left horn by one star; he is figured holding reins in his hand. On his left shoulder the She-goat, and in his hand the two Kids, are said to be formed by two stars. Altogether he is beneath the feet of Perseus, with his head facing the Great Bear. He is seen to set at the rising of the Archer and Capricorn, and to rise when Ophiuchus and Engonasin are setting. He has besides in the head 1 star, in each shoulder 1, but in the left a brighter one, which is called the She-goat; in each elbow 1; in the hand 2, which are called the Kids, formed by stars that almost set.
XIII.
OPHIUCHUS inclinatus a capite, ut qui resupinari uidetur, anguem manibus tenere figuratur. huius autem humeri aestiuo circulo diuiduntur a reliquo corpore. ipse genuum fine ab aequinoctiali circulo terminatur, pede sinistro premens oculos, dextro autem testudine Scorpionis innixus. anguis autem, qui ab eo tenetur, prope extremo ore Coronam contingit, medium ut praecingens Ophiuchum, ad caudam breuior quam superiore corpore, qua manus sinistra ipsius signi figuratur; ita tamen, ut extrema cauda circulum aequinoctialem cum Aquilae cauda iungat. occidens exortu Geminorum, Cancri, Leonis peruenit ad terram; exoriens autem cum Scorpione et Sagittario apparet. hic habet in capite stellam I, in utroque humero singulas, in sinistra manu III, in dextra IIII, in lumbis II, in utroque genu singulas, in dextro crure I, in utroque pede singulas, sed clariorem in dextro. itaque est omnino stellarum XVII.
XIII. Ophiuchus
Ophiuchus, inclined from the head, like one seen lying on his back, is figured holding a serpent in his hands. His shoulders are divided from the rest of the body by the summer circle. He himself is bounded at the end of the knees by the equinoctial circle, pressing with his left foot on the eyes [of the Scorpion], and resting with his right on the body of the Scorpion. The serpent held by him almost touches the Crown with the tip of its mouth, encircling Ophiuchus in the middle, shorter toward the tail than above, where the left hand of the figure itself is formed; yet so that the extreme tail joins the equinoctial circle with the tail of the Eagle. Setting at the rising of the Twins, the Crab and the Lion, he reaches the earth; rising with the Scorpion and the Archer he appears. He has in the head 1 star, in each shoulder 1, in the left hand 3, in the right 4, in the loins 2, in each knee 1, in the right leg 1, in each foot 1, but a brighter one in the right. So there are 17 stars in all.
Anguis habet in summo capite II, sub capite nil uno loco omnes; ad manum ipsius Ophiuchi sinistram duas, sed quae maxime ad corpus eius accedit, clariorem; et in dorso Anguis ad ipsam corporis coniunctionem V, et in prima curuatura caudae IIII, in secunda caput uersus habet stellas VI. ita est omnino trium et uiginti stellarum.
The Serpent has at the top of the head 2, under the head none [?]; in one place, all [?]; at the left hand of Ophiuchus himself two, but the one that comes nearest his body brighter; and on the back of the Serpent at the very junction of the body 5, and in the first curve of the tail 4, in the second toward the head it has 6 stars. Thus it has 23 stars in all.
XIV.
SAGITTA inter duos circulos, aestiuum et aequinoctialem, supra Aquilae signum posita, diuiditur ab eo circulo, qui utroque polo subiectus ad Cancrum et Capricornum peruenit. huius acumen ad Equi pedum regionem spectat; altera pars ad humeros Ophiuchi tendit. haec occidit Uirginis ortu, oritur autem cum Scorpione. habet omnino stellas IIII, quarum una in principio materiae, altera in medio, duae reliquae in, eo loco quo ferrum solet affigi, diuersae uidentur.
XIV. The Arrow
The Arrow, placed between two circles, the summer and the equinoctial, above the sign of the Eagle, is divided by that circle which, running under both poles, reaches the Crab and Capricorn. Its point looks toward the region of the Horse's feet; the other part extends toward the shoulders of Ophiuchus. It sets when the Virgin rises, and rises with the Scorpion. It has 4 stars in all, of which one at the beginning of the shaft, another in the middle, the two remaining at the place where the iron is wont to be fixed, appear apart.
XV.
AQUILA ala dextra non multum extra circulum aequinoctialem prodire, sinistra autem non longe a capite Ophiuchi figurata uidetur. praeterea rostrum eius a reliquo corpore diuidit circulus, quem supra diximus a Cancro ad Capricornum peruenire. media autem finitur ab eo, quem supra lacteum orbem demonstrauimus esse. haec occidit exorto Leone; exoritur autem cum Capricorno, habens in capite stellam I, in utraque penna I, in cauda I.
XV. The Eagle
The Eagle is seen figured with the right wing not extending much outside the equinoctial circle, the left not far from the head of Ophiuchus. Besides, the circle which we said above runs from the Crab to Capricorn divides its beak from the rest of the body; its middle is bounded by that which we showed above to be the Milky orb. It sets when the Lion has risen, and rises with Capricorn, having in the head 1 star, in each wing 1, in the tail 1.
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