Copy of Monsignor Kelly CHS - Latin I, Lecture 27

Astrological Mythology

Scorpiō (Scorpion)

• Dates: Oct 23 - Nov 24

• Orion was on a hero quest & boasted to Artemis he could kill any beast, so she was goddess of hunt, but also protectress of animals

• Orion finally wins, barely, and Artemis asks Zeus to put

• Artemis then places Orion in sky

• He hunts all winter long, then leaves in the summer when Scorpius shows up

Lībra (Virgin)

• Dates: Sept 22 - Oct 23

• Represents Themis holding the scales or balance (of Justice)

• Themis is mother of the Horæ & the Fates.

• £ symbol --> libra (lb. or "pound")

Salvēte, Discipulī!

Ōrātiō Fatimæ

Lingua Latina I

Magister Simpson

Lecture 31

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omine Iēsū, dīmitte nōbīs dēbita nostra, salvā nōs ab igne īnfernī, perdūc in cælum omnēs animās, præsertim eās, quæ misericordiæ tuæ maxime indigent.

Amen.

Apprendēre

• Intrōductīō (Introduction)
• Ōrātiō
• Præsentātiō (Presenation)
• Mȳthologia stēllārium

Flammarion engraving, 1888

• Dates: March 20/21 - April 19/20

• Spring Equinox first day of Roman calendar

• King Athamas from Boeotia (Central Greece, Thebes) had two children Phrixus & Helles

• Athamas weds a new woman after their mother's death.

• Jealous of kids, burns the town's crops & uses fake prophecy from Delphi to blame famine on the children

• Claims must sacrifice children

• Hermes sends Aries to save them, Helles falls off his back into sea

• Phrixus sacrifices Aries = "Golden Fleece"

Ariēs (Ram)

Virgō (Virgin)

• Dates: Aug 22 - Sept 21

• Could relate to Demeter-Persephonê because it's harvest time

• Also Greek myth of Parthenos

• Apollo impregnates a Greek woman named Rhoio

• Father gets angry, locks up his other daughters

• Daughters get drunk & a pig comes and breaks wine skin

• Scared of their father's wraith, they escape & jump off a cliff

• Apollo places Parthenos in the sky because of her virtue.

• Dates: April 19/20 - May 20

• Depiction of Zeus as a bull seducting Europa or Io

• Europa was mother of King Minos of Crete, first great Greek civilization

• Bull was very sacred to Minoan culture

(cf Minotaur)

• Io was a maiden from Argos (city on Peloponnese), ancestor of Perseus, Cadamus, Heracles, Minos, Danaus

• Zeus turns her into a bull because Hera was jealous, Hera sends peacock to watch over her.

Taurus (Bull)

• Dates: Jul 21 - Aug 22

• During the Twelve Labors, Heracles must fight a beast called the Nemean Lion

• Lion has magic fur that weapons can't wound

• Lion abducts women, brings to its cave, then eats the men who come to save them

• Heracles wrestles it and breaks it back, removing the hide and wearing it for protection

Leō (Lion)

• Dates: May 20 - Jun 21

• Castor & Pollux were twin brothers of Hellen of Troy & Clytemnestra

• Castor was mortal, Pollux immortal

• Castor dies after a brawl, Zeus gives Pollux the choice of staying immortal, or giving up half his immortality to brother

• The brothers then spend half their time between Olympus & Hades

• Dates: Jun 21 - Jul 22

• Hera sends crab to attack Heracles during his fight against the Hydra

• Heracles kills crab with his foot

• Hera honors the crab by placing him in the sky.

Geminī (Twins)

Cancer (Crab)

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