Meet the crown constellations: Corona Borealis and Corona Australis.
There are several constellations in our northern sky that have similar counterparts in the southern sky. , composed of two fish tied together on a string or ribbon by their tails. One fish is composed of a faint circle of stars popularly known as the Circlet."Pisces"' is the Latin word for"fishes"; the singular form is"piscis," and there is indeed a Southern Fish constellation, known as Piscis Austrinus.
Another pair of counterparts are the Northern Crown and the Southern Crown . Both are roughly circular, and both are ancient star patterns, dating back to the time of the second-century astronomer Claudius Ptolemy or even earlier, perhaps to Hipparchus almost three centuries before. These crown have also been called wreaths, indicating the very ancient type of distinctive head decoration made of beech, willow or laurel leaves and, in later times, copied from such in precious metal in what we now know as a crown. The Northern Crown
Corona Borealis is said to represent the crown given to Ariadne, daughter of Minos, the king of Crete, by Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine and a very bucolic character who would have considered a nicely intertwined wreath of vines a sufficient tribute. Ariadne, however, was reluctant to accept a marriage proposal from Dionysus , since she did not wish to marry a mortal after being deserted by Theseus, the mythical king and founder-hero of Athens.
To prove he was a god, Dionysus took off his crown and threw it into the heavens as a tribute to Ariadne. Satisfied, she married him and, in the process, became immortal herself. In contrast to the bejeweled Corona Borealis, Corona Australis is said to represent a crown or wreath of laurel or olive leaves. According to one story from Greek mythology, the crown belongs to Chiron, the wisest of all the centaurs.
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