Motif
Constellations as navigational guides
constellations_as_navigational_guides
A motif of the Dream, Vision, and Altered Perception family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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Fasti LIBER II. / NOTES: / LIBER III. / NOTES:; lines 5648-5781 confidence: high
The Hyades and Pleiades are described as near one another; Cynosure is identified as the Lesser Bear and Helice as the Greater Bear; Phoenicians are said to observe Cynosure for navigation.
Cynosure and Helice are identified as bear constellations, and Phoenicians are said to observe Cynosure for navigation.
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