#aratus

[defenestratedcowloftelesphorus]

Which of Asclepius’s sons is your favorite?

Machaon

Podalirius

Telesphorus

Aratus

Voting ended onSep 8, 2025

[windupsyrcus]

hermes x azem || I like them, your honor

[shamtrolls]

uh oh. made another bunch of babies. nobody look at the fact that i have 80+ fantrolls, i dont have a problem, i dont know what you’re talking about.

These 6 are from a group of 12 that i’m coming up with with the brilliant @kivovistrolls ! They’re for a fan planet named Innovatus that we’ve been slowly working on. Can’t wait to do more with these guys.

[1five1two]

Below Orion's feet the Hare Is chased eternally; behind him Sirius ever speeds as in pursuit, And rises after, and eyes him as he sets.

Aratus

[archaeologicalnews]

Memorial Tomb of Ancient Greek Astronomer Aratus Unearthed in Turkey

Archaeologists working in the ancient Greek city of Soli Pompeipolis in the southern Mersin province in Turkey have unveiled the memorial tomb of the Greek poet and astronomer Aratus, who was born in 315 BC.

The city, located in the ancient region of Paphlagonia, was still prominent during Roman times but was only rediscovered in the 1800s with the unearthing of the ruins of Zımbıllı Tepe in the Black Sea region of the country.

Soli Pompeipolis, lying just across the river from Taşköprü, in the Gökırmak (Greek: Amnias) Valley, in ancient times stretched as far as the Küre and Ilgaz mountains

The tomb of the gifted poet and astronomer is being excavated by Professor Remzi Yağcı, who is the head of the Department of Museology at Turkey’s Dokuz Eylül University. Read more.

[lespalimpsestes]

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Aratea, a Latin version of the Phaenomena with extracts from Hyginus’ Astronomica in the constellation figures France, N. (diocese of Reims), 9th century

Illustration of the constellation Aquila, the eagle, with text or scholia within the figure of the constellation.

[triste-le-roy]

Engravings of constellation/astrological signs from Aratus’ Hug. Grotii Syntagma Arateorum (Phenomena) (unknown artist, 1600 CE).

(via Pinterest)

[effulgentpoet]

mythology aesthetics

MACHAEON & PODALIRIUS & ARATUS

In Greek mythology, Machaon and Podalirius were sons of Asclepius who led thirty ships from Thessaly in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. Both Machaon and Podalirius were highly valued surgeons and medics, caring for Philoctetes, Telephus, and Menelaus during the war. Machaon possessed herbs which were bestowed to his father Asclepius by Chiron, the centaur. He was killed in the tenth year of the war, and buried in Gerenia in Messenia, where he was worshiped by the people. Podalirius was one of those who entered the Trojan Horse. Unlike his brother, Podalirius survived the war, and subsequently settled in Caria, marrying, and founding two cities. Aratus (” the one prayed for”) was a healer and their paternal half brother.