What is the ancient name of the zodiac?

The twelve constellations were called Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces in ancient times.

More than 2000 years ago, the Greek astronomer Hipparchus (190 ~ 120 BC) divided the ecliptic into twelve segments, and divided it into zero in spring.

Since the vernal equinox (that is, the ecliptic is zero), every 30 degrees is a palace named after the main constellations contained in each palace at that time, followed by Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Lion, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces, which are called the zodiac. There are twelve constellations in all.

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Legend of Aries: King Asamas and his wife Nefeller had an unhappy marriage, so they married Enoch, the daughter of Cadmus, the emperor of Thebes.

But Enoch abused friso (male) and Heller (female), two children of Atamas, and burned straw in the city. Atamas asked for the Oracle, but enoch got in the way, which made Atamas think that he had to sacrifice his son Fritsos to eliminate bad luck.

Atamas took Frissos to the top of Dan Mountain in lafis, ready to dedicate him to Zeus. Sommaro the Golden Sheep was sent by his ex-wife Niefeller to save friso. Friso escaped and rode sheep with his sister Heller to Korcz in the east. Unexpectedly, Heller accidentally fell into the river. In Korcz, Frixos gave the Golden Sheep to Aedes Kurski the Great, who reciprocated by giving his daughter Carchio Pei to Frixos.

Later, friso's father's brother, pelias, son of Cretors, took away his nephew Jason's throne. After Frixos's death, the ghost returned to Greece to haunt pelias. He had no choice but to stammer that if Jason found golden fleece, he would give in. This led to Jason's adventure aboard Argo Hero.

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