THE CONSTELLATIONS ON THE CELESTIAL SPHERE OF ARATUS WERE AS FOLLOW.
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
1. Ursa Major. The Greater Bear. Helice. The Greater Northern Wain. In this constellation is one star of the first magnitude, Duhbe, in the square on the back.
2. Ursa Minor. The Lesser Bear. Cynosyra. The Lesser Northern Wain. In this constellation Cynosyra or Ruccabah at the extremity of the tail is the Pole star.
3. Draco. The Dragon.
These three constellations were always above the horizon in the latitude for which the sphere of Aratus was constructed.
4. Engonasin [Ὁ ἐν γόνασιν] Geniculator. The Labouring Man. This constellation after the time of Aratus was changed into that of Hercules.
5. Corona Borealis. The Northern Crown.
6. Ophiuchus, Serpentarius. The man who holds the Serpent. A naked figure of a man folded round by a serpent, of which he grasps the neck in his left hand, and the tail in his right.
7. Bootes. Arctophylax. A naked figure with a belt (Ζώνη) round the waist: bearing in one hand a sickle, and in the other a goad or spear. In this
