Cynosura

"Dog's tail." An Idaean nymph. She is said to have been a nurse of the infant Zeus. After her death she was placed in the sky as a star. See also Amalthea, Melissa.

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References

Sources

  • Aratus. Phaenomena, 35.
  • Hyginus. Poetical Astronomy, ii, 2.
  • Servius on Virgil's Georgics i, 246.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.