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Aries
The Ram
OriginAncient
AbbreviationAri
GenitiveArietis
Pronunciation/ˈɛəriːz/ genitive /əˈraɪətəs/, /ˌæriˈɛtəs/
AIR-eez
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarHamal (α Arietis)
Right Ascention 2h 07m Declination +23° 28'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.061h (3.7m)
Aries is the flying, talking ram with the Golden Fleece that saved the children Phrixus and Helle from their treacherous stepmother. The two jumped on the Ram’s back and it carried them off. While they were crossing the sea, Helle fell off the ram and drowned. The straight she fell into was named the Hellespont after her. When Phrixus reached safety he sacrificed the ram to Zeus, and gave its fleece to King Aeëtes, who nailed it to a tree where it was guarded by a dragon until Jason and the Argonauts came for it.
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Aries as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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