The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended: To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the GreatNewton, Isaac
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The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended: To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great
Newton, Isaac
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_Sagitta_, and through the neck and right wing of the _Swan_, and the left
hand of _Cepheus_; and that he drew the Equinoctial _Colure_, through the
left hand of _Arctophylax_, and along the middle of his Body, and cross the
middle of _Chelæ_, and through the right hand and fore-knee of the
_Centaur_, and through the flexure of _Eridanus_ and head of _Cetus_, and
the back of _Aries_ a-cross, and through the head and right hand of
_Perseus_.
Now _Chiron_ delineated σχηματα ολυμπου the _Asterisms_, as the ancient
Author of _Gigantomachia_, cited by [72] _Clemens Alexandrinus_ informs us:
for _Chiron_ was a practical Astronomer, as may be there understood also of
his daughter _Hippo_: and _Musæus_, the son of _Eumolpus_ and master of
_Orpheus_, and one of the _Argonauts_, [73] made a Sphere, and is reputed
the first among the _Greeks_ who made one: and the Sphere it self shews
that it was delineated in the time of the _Argonautic_ expedition; for that
expedition is delineated in the _Asterisms_, together with several other
ancienter Histories of the _Greeks_, and without any thing later. There's
the golden _RAM_, the ensign of the Vessel in which _Phryxus_ fled to
_Colchis_; the _BULL_ with brazen hoofs tamed by _Jason_; and the _TWINS_,
_CASTOR_ and _POLLUX_, two of the _Argonauts_, with the _SWAN_ of _Leda_
their mother. There's the Ship _ARGO_, and _HYDRUS_ the watchful Dragon;
with _Medea_'s _CUP_, and a _RAVEN_ upon its Carcass, the Symbol of Death.
There's _CHIRON_ the master of _Jason_, with his _ALTAR_ and _SACRIFICE_.
There's the _Argonaut_ _HERCULES_ with his _DART_ and _VULTURE_ falling
down; and the _DRAGON_, _CRAB_ and _LION_, whom he slew; and the _HARP_ of
the _Argonaut_ _Orpheus_. All these relate to the _Argonauts_. There's
_ORION_ the son of _Neptune_, or as some say, the grandson of _Minos_, with
his _DOGS_, and _HARE_, and _RIVER_, and _SCORPION_. There's the story of
_Perseus_ in the Constellations of _PERSEUS_, _ANDROMEDA_, _CEPHEUS_,
_CASSIOPEA_ and _CETUS_: That of _Callisto_, and her son _Arcas_, in _URSA
MAJOR_ and _ARCTOPHYLAX_: That of _Icareus_ and his daughter _Erigone_ in
_BOOTES_, _PLAUSTRUM_ and _VIRGO_. _URSA MINOR_ relates to one of the
Nurses of _Jupiter_, _AURIGA_ to _Erechthonius_, _OPHIUCHUS_ to _Phorbas_,
_SAGITTARIUS_ to _Crolus_ the son of the Nurse of the Muses, _CAPRICORN_ to
_Pan_, and _AQUARIUS_ to _Ganimede_. There's _Ariadne_'s _CROWN_,
_Bellerophon_'s _HORSE_, _Neptune_'s _DOLPHIN_, _Ganimede_'s _EAGLE_,
_Jupiter_'s _GOAT_ with her _KIDS_, _Bacchus_'s _ASSES_, and the _FISHES_
of _Venus_ and _Cupid_, and their Parent the _SOUTH FISH_. These with
_DELTOTON_, are the old Constellations mentioned by _Aratus_: and they all
relate to the _Argonauts_ and their Contemporaries, and to Persons one or
two Generations older: and nothing later than that Expedition was
delineated there Originally. _ANTINOUS_ and _COMA BERENICES_ are novel. The
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