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- 1. It represents the dragon Ladon, the mythical creature with a hundred heads that guarded the gardens of the Hesperides in Greek mythology.
- 4. It is associated with Poseidon’s messenger, the dolphin that helped the god find the nymph Amphitrite, whom he later married.
- 5. It represents Karkinos, a crab sent by Hera to distract Heracles when he was fighting the Lemean Hydra as part of his Twelve Labours.
- 10. It means “the weighing scales” in Latin, and the constellation represents the scales of justice held by Dike, the Greek goddess of justice.
- 11. It is identified as the mythical winged ram with golden fleece that was sent by the nymph Nephele to save her son Phrixus after his father, King Athamas of Boeotia, had been given a false prophecy that he had to sacrifice his son to ward off famine.
- 12. It represents the white-winged horse from Greek mythology.
- 14. It is associated with Dike, the Greek goddess of justice, holding the scales of justice represented by the neighbouring constellation Libra.
- 15. It was named after the daughter of Queen Cassiopeia and King Cepheus in Greek mythology.
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- 2. It represents Asclepius, the famous healer in Greek mythology, and is usually depicted as a man holding a serpent.
- 3. It represents the boastful queen, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda in Greek mythology.
- 6. It is associated with the eagle that held Zeus’ thunderbolts in Greek mythology, as well as with the eagle that abducted Ganymede and brought him to Olympus.
- 7. It was named after Heracles, the legendary hero from Greek mythology.
- 8. He named it after an early type of compound microscope, one that was widely used in the 18th century.
- 9. It represents the god Zeus, who in one tale transformed himself into a bull in order to seduce and abduct Europa, the beautiful daughter of the Phoenician King Agenor.
- 13. It represents a centaur aiming an arrow toward Antares, the bright star that marks the scorpion’s heart.