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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Arcturus
Britannica 11thARCTURUS, the brightest star in the northern hemisphere, situated in the ^constellation Bootes (q.v.) in an almost direct line with the tail (f and rf) of the constellation Ursa Major (Great Bear); hence its derivation from the Gr. &p«rw, bear, and ovpos, guar ...
Vol. 2, pp. 447-447
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Arctinus
Britannica 11thARCTINUS, of Miletus, one of the earliest poets of Greece and contributors to the epic cycle. He flourished probably about 744 B.C. (Ol. 7). His poems are lost, but an idea of them can be gained from the Chrtstomathy written by I'roclus the Neo-Platonist of th
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