Capricornus - Revision history

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	File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.		File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.
			File:201209071749b Berlin Pergamonmuseum, Aureus, FO Pergamon, kaiserzeitlich, SIGNIS REGENTIS, Capricornus als persönliches Zeichen Augustus' 19-18 v.u.Z.jpg\|Roman coin of Augustean reign (19 or 18 BCE), Berlin Pergamonmuseum
			File:Aratea 50v.jpg\|Cap in Leiden Aratea (~840 CE)
			File:AL JADI CAPRICORNUS AL SUFI RL.png\|Cap in Al-Sufi
			File:Constellation- Capricornus, Sea Goat. (IA dr constellation-capricornus-sea-goat-12181033).jpg\|Cap in Bayer's Uranometria (1603)
			File:Johannes Hevelius - Capricornus.jpg\|Cap in Hevelius (1690)
			File:XVI. Capricornus... Coelum Stellatum.jpg\|Capricornus in Bode (1801) with (now obsolete modern constellations.
			File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Capricornus - original.tif\|Capricornus in Hall (1825)
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus
			File:RR5110-0045R Козерог.gif\|Anniversary coin issued by the Bank of Russia — Capricorn, 2 rubles, C.E.2002 (H.E.12,002), reverse
	</gallery>		</gallery>

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	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Melischipak kudurru sb22 mp3h9108.jpg\|kudurru stone for king Melishikhu II (Susa, 1200 BCE), Louvre Sb22
			File:Kudurru Cap excerpt.jpg\|Goat-Fish detail on the ''kudurru'' stone for king Melishikhu II (Susa, 1200 BCE), Louvre Sb22
	File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus

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Eratosthenes

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	<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>		<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>
	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	<blockquote> Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 82-84)</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' This figure is similar to Epiphanes, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who recounts that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter led his offensive against the Titans. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, the latter placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>There is a star on each horn, a bright one on the nostrils, two on the head, a bright one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tipof the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two bright ones on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' This figure bears a resemblance to Egipan, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who reports that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter launched his offensive against the Titans. It was he, apparently, who discovered the conch shell, with which he armed the allied gods, owing to the power of the sounds it produces—described as ‘panic-inducing’—which put the Titans to flight. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, he placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-like tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>Capricorn has one star on each horn, one shining star on each nostril, two on the head, one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tip of the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two shining stars on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote>		<blockquote> Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 82-84)</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 1 (Περὶ τοῦ Αἱγόκερω):''' This figure is similar to Epiphanes, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who recounts that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter led his offensive against the Titans. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, the latter placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>There is a star on each horn, a bright one on the nostrils, two on the head, a bright one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tipof the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two bright ones on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2 (Αἱγόκερω):''' This figure bears a resemblance to Egipan, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who reports that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter launched his offensive against the Titans. It was he, apparently, who discovered the conch shell, with which he armed the allied gods, owing to the power of the sounds it produces—described as ‘panic-inducing’—which put the Titans to flight. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, he placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-like tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>Capricorn has one star on each horn, one shining star on each nostril, two on the head, one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tip of the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two shining stars on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote>

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

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Eratosthenes

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	<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>		<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>
	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
	<blockquote></blockquote>		<blockquote> Pamias and Zucker (2013,<ref>Pamìas, Jordi und Zucker, Arnaud (2013). Ératosthènes de Cyrène: Catastérrismes, Belles Lettres, Paris</ref> 82-84)</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 1:''' This figure is similar to Epiphanes, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who recounts that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter led his offensive against the Titans. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, the latter placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>There is a star on each horn, a bright one on the nostrils, two on the head, a bright one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tipof the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two bright ones on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote><blockquote>'''Var. 2:''' This figure bears a resemblance to Egipan, from whom he is, in fact, derived. His lower limbs are those of a beast, and he has horns on his head. He owes the honour bestowed upon him to the fact that he was Zeus’s foster brother, according to Epimenides, the author of the Cretica, who reports that he was with Zeus on Mount Ida when the latter launched his offensive against the Titans. It was he, apparently, who discovered the conch shell, with which he armed the allied gods, owing to the power of the sounds it produces—described as ‘panic-inducing’—which put the Titans to flight. Once power had passed into Zeus’s hands, he placed him and his mother, the Goat, amongst the constellations. His fish-like tail is an allusion to the fact that he discovered the conch in the sea.</blockquote><blockquote>Capricorn has one star on each horn, one shining star on each nostril, two on the head, one on the neck, two on the chest, one on the front leg, one at the tip of the leg, seven on the back, five on the belly, and two shining stars on the tail. Twenty-four in all.</blockquote>

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====

Sushoff: /* Babylonian */

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Babylonian

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	==== Babylonian ====		==== Babylonian ====
			The Babylonian Goat-Fish is a benevolent daemon, attested since the earliest sources in stone. <gallery>
			File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Caapricorn with Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:Fish-goat figurine-AO 10884-IMG 9965.JPG\|Fish-Goat figurine AO 10884
			</gallery>

	==== Greco-Roman ====		==== Greco-Roman ====
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus

YoulaAzkarrula: /* Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation */

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Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
			<gallery>
			File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
			File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus
			</gallery>

	==Mythology/ Religion==		==Mythology/ Religion==

Sushoff at 10:16, 2 June 2026

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	*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]		*[[References (Medieval and Early Modern)\|References (medieval)]]

	[[Category:Eurasia]]		[[Category:Eurasia]][[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Asian]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]]
	[[Category:~~Constellation~~]] [[Category:~~Asterism~~]]		[[Category:Asterism]][[Category:Constellation]]
	[[Category:Almagest]]		[[Category:Almagest]]
	[[Category:~~Mesopotamian~~]]		[[Category:Rubric]] [[Category:Lunar System]] [[Category:Zodiac]]
	[[Category:~~West Asian~~]] [[Category:~~Asian~~]]
	[[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Cap]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	[[Category:European~~]][[Category:Zodiac~~]]		[[Category:Cap]]
			[[Category:European]]

IanRidpath: /* Almagest Αἰγόκερως. */ OCR errors, duplicated line

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Almagest Αἰγόκερως.: OCR errors, duplicated line

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	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ῥόγχει γ' ὁ φότιος.		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ ῥόγχει γ' ὁ φότιος.
	\|The ~~star on~~ the ~~tip of~~ the ~~advance horn~~		\|The southernmost of the 3 stars in the muzzle
	\|omi Cap		\|omi Cap
	\|-		\|-
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	\|τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν κοιλίαυ συνεχῶν β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος		\|τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν κοιλίαυ συνεχῶν β’ ὁ ἠγούμενος
	\|The more advanced of the 2 stars close ~~tagether~~ under the belly		\|The more advanced of the 2 stars close together under the belly
	\|zet Cap		\|zet Cap
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν.
	\|The ~~rcarmost~~ of these		\|The rearmost of these
	\|36 Cap		\|36 Cap
	\|-		\|-
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	\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ ἐπόμενος αὐτῶν
	\|The ~~rcannost~~ of them		\|The reamost of them
	\|kap Cap		\|kap Cap
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
	\|τῶν ἐν τῷ παρούρῳ ῇ ὁ προηγούμενος.		\|τῶν ἐν τῷ παρούρῳ ῇ ὁ προηγούμενος.
	\|The more advanced ~~ofthe~~ 2 stars in the section [~~ofthe~~ body] next to the tail		\|The more advanced of the 2 stars in the section [of the body] next to the tail
	\|gam Cap		\|gam Cap
	\|-		\|-
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	\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ βορείου μέρους τῆς οὐρᾶς δ ὁ προηγούμενος.		\|τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ βορείου μέρους τῆς οὐρᾶς δ ὁ προηγούμενος.
	\|~~Tbc~~ most advanccd of the 4 stars on thc northern portion of the tail		\|The most advanccd of the 4 stars on thc northern portion of the tail
	\|42 Cap		\|42 Cap
	\|-		\|-
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	\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν		\|ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν
	\|Thc ~~midd!e~~ one of ~~thcsc~~		\|Thc middle one of these
	\|lam Cap		\|lam Cap
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
	\|ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ οὐραίου,		\|ὁ βόρειος αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἄκρου τοῦ οὐραίου,
	\|The northernmost of them, on the end of the tail-~~lin~~		\|The northernmost of them, on the end of the tail-fin
	\|46 Cap		\|46 Cap
	\|-		\|-
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	\|ἀστέρες κη, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε θ,ς ς.		\|ἀστέρες κη, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ὅ, δ’ ὅ, ε θ,ς ς.
	\|28 stars, 4 of the third ~~rnagnitude~~, 9 of the fourth, 9 of the fifth, 6 of the sixth		\|{28 stars, 4 of the third magnitude, 9 of the fourth, 9 of the fifth, 6 of the sixth}
	\|		\|
	\|}		\|}

Sushoff: /* References */

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References

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	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Cap]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:Cap]]
	[[Category:European]][[Category:Zodiac]]		[[Category:European]][[Category:Zodiac]]
	~~[[Category:4work]]~~

Sushoff at 12:03, 19 May 2026

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	<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>		<blockquote>Capricorn lies ahead and lower down, where the powerful sun turns back. [287] In that month I hope you will not be surged about by the sea through taking to open waters. Neither by day can you make much headway, for the days pass most swiftly then, [290] nor in your terror by night will the dawn come soon, however much you cry out. It is then that the dread southerlies strike, when the sun meets up with Capricorn; then the icy cold from Zeus is more cruel to the freezing sailor. But for that matter [295] the sea surges under the stem all the year long; and we, like diving shearwaters, often sit gazing round the ocean from our ships, turning our eyes towards the beaches; but the surf there is still far off, and only a little timber keeps death away. (Kidd 1997)</blockquote>
	===== Eratosthenes =====		===== Eratosthenes =====
			<blockquote></blockquote>
	~~===== Ovid, Fasti 1 =====~~
	<blockquote>~~[651] When that is over, thou wilt quit Capricorn, O Phoebus, and wilt take thy course through the sign of the youth who carries water (Aquarius). (James George Frazer 1931)~~</blockquote>

	===== Hipparchus =====		===== Hipparchus =====
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	\|Lib III Cap I §9		\|Lib III Cap I §9
	\|rising Ori, south, last		\|rising Ori, south, last
	\|~~Psc 13~~		\|
	\|}		\|}<blockquote></blockquote>

	~~===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====~~
	<blockquote>This sign resembles Aegipan, whom Jupiter wished to be put among the constellations because he was nourished with him, just as he put the goat nurse we have mentioned before. He, first, as Eratosthenes says, when Jupiter attacked the Titans, is said to have cast into the enemy the fear that is called panikos. The lower part of his body has fish formation, because he hurled shellfish against the enemy, too, instead of stones.

	Egyptian priests and some poets say that once when many gods had assembled in Egypt, suddenly Typhon, an exceedingly fierce monster and deadly enemy of the gods, came to that place. Terrified by him, they changed their shapes into other forms: Mercury became an ibis, Apollo, the bird that is called Thracian, Diana, a cat. For this reason they say the Egyptians do not permit these creatures to be injured, because they are called representations of gods. At this same time, they say, Pan cast himself into the river, making the lower part of his body a fish, and the rest a goat, and thus escaped from Typhon. Jove, admiring his shrewdness, put his likeness among the constellations. (Mary Ward 1960)</blockquote>

	===== Geminos =====		===== Geminos =====
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	\|}		\|}
	[[File:Aigokeros Youla CH.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside Aigokeros (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]
			===== Hyginus, Astronomica =====
			<blockquote>This sign resembles Aegipan, whom Jupiter wished to be put among the constellations because he was nourished with him, just as he put the goat nurse we have mentioned before. He, first, as Eratosthenes says, when Jupiter attacked the Titans, is said to have cast into the enemy the fear that is called panikos. The lower part of his body has fish formation, because he hurled shellfish against the enemy, too, instead of stones.

			Egyptian priests and some poets say that once when many gods had assembled in Egypt, suddenly Typhon, an exceedingly fierce monster and deadly enemy of the gods, came to that place. Terrified by him, they changed their shapes into other forms: Mercury became an ibis, Apollo, the bird that is called Thracian, Diana, a cat. For this reason they say the Egyptians do not permit these creatures to be injured, because they are called representations of gods. At this same time, they say, Pan cast himself into the river, making the lower part of his body a fish, and the rest a goat, and thus escaped from Typhon. Jove, admiring his shrewdness, put his likeness among the constellations. (Mary Ward 1960)</blockquote>

			===== Ovid, Fasti 1 =====
			<blockquote>[651] When that is over, thou wilt quit Capricorn, O Phoebus, and wilt take thy course through the sign of the youth who carries water (Aquarius). (James George Frazer 1931)</blockquote>[[File:Aigokeros Youla CH.png\|thumb\|Convex Hull for the stars inside Aigokeros (CC BY Youla Azkarrula).]]

	===== Stars within the Constellation Area =====		===== Stars within the Constellation Area =====

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	File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.		File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.
			File:201209071749b Berlin Pergamonmuseum, Aureus, FO Pergamon, kaiserzeitlich, SIGNIS REGENTIS, Capricornus als persönliches Zeichen Augustus' 19-18 v.u.Z.jpg\|Roman coin of Augustean reign (19 or 18 BCE), Berlin Pergamonmuseum
			File:Aratea 50v.jpg\|Cap in Leiden Aratea (~840 CE)
			File:AL JADI CAPRICORNUS AL SUFI RL.png\|Cap in Al-Sufi
			File:Constellation- Capricornus, Sea Goat. (IA dr constellation-capricornus-sea-goat-12181033).jpg\|Cap in Bayer's Uranometria (1603)
			File:Johannes Hevelius - Capricornus.jpg\|Cap in Hevelius (1690)
			File:XVI. Capricornus... Coelum Stellatum.jpg\|Capricornus in Bode (1801) with (now obsolete modern constellations.
			File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Capricornus - original.tif\|Capricornus in Hall (1825)
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus
			File:RR5110-0045R Козерог.gif\|Anniversary coin issued by the Bank of Russia — Capricorn, 2 rubles, C.E.2002 (H.E.12,002), reverse
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	===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===		===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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			File:Melischipak kudurru sb22 mp3h9108.jpg\|kudurru stone for king Melishikhu II (Susa, 1200 BCE), Louvre Sb22
			File:Kudurru Cap excerpt.jpg\|Goat-Fish detail on the ''kudurru'' stone for king Melishikhu II (Susa, 1200 BCE), Louvre Sb22
	File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Cap GoatFish seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Capricornus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Tau+cap seal Wallenfels1993.png\|Goat-Fish in zodiac sign Taurus on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
	File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).		File:Vir FURROW seal Wallenfels1993.png\|zodiac sign Virgo as Goat-Fish on Mesopotamian seal print, Wallenfels (1993).
			File:KHM - Gemma Augustea.jpg\|Goat-Fish as astrological symbol in the Gemma Augustea for August of Rome, 1st century.
	File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus		File:H.A. Rey's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1952) H.A. Rey's stick figure of Capricornus
	File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus		File:O. Hlad's stick figure stellarium-015.png\|(1988) O. Hlad's stick figure of Capricornus