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Auriga

noun
1.
A conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way.  Synonym: Charioteer.



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Epsilon Aurigae


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"Auriga" Quotes from Famous Books



... Jove et ipsis suis testibus in imis tenebris congemiscentes!—Tunc magis tragoedi audiendi, magis scilicet vocales in sua propria calamitate; tunc histriones cognoscendi, solutiores multo per ignem; tunc spectandus auriga, in flammea rota ...
— A Mere Accident • George Moore
... Navigation, with Venus, were invoked in the Mysteries of Samothrace. The constellation Auriga, or Phaëton, was also honored there with imposing ceremonies. Upon the Argonautic expedition, Orpheus, an Initiate of these Mysteries, a storm arising, counselled his companions to put into Samothrace. ...
— Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike


Words linked to "Auriga" :   charioteer, Capella, Epsilon Aurigae, constellation


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