XPost: alt.astronomy, alt.tv.lost, alt.astrology   
   From: jphillip@bcpl.net   
      
   Piggy-backing...   
      
   > On 16 Oct 2005, Puddin_Tame@msn.com wrote:   
   > >This was posted over on alt.tv.lost   
   > >Not being an astronomer I have no clue how accurate this info is.   
   > >So I thoiught I'd check with the experts:   
   > >"There are six constellations of Apollo (which is the name of the candy bar   
   > >in the station food supply)   
   > >1. Cygnus = swan   
   > >2. Sagitta = arrow   
   > >3. Corvus = crow   
   > >4. Crater = goblet   
   > >5. Ophiuchus = serpent handler   
   > >6. Orion = the hunter "   
   > >I did a Google search but couldn't find anything to verify there are   
   > >"six constellations of Apollo" I guess referring to myths where Apolo   
   > >created certain constellations?   
   > >So anyway...what's the story?   
      
   	Based on what I remember of Greek mythology:   
      
   1. Cygnus the Swan - Leda (Apollo's Mom) was seduced by Zeus when he took   
   the form of a swan.   
   2. Sagitta the arrow - Apollo was an archer.   
   3. Corvus the Crow - Crows used to be white-feathered, until one of them   
   angered Apollo, who turned its feathers to black.   
   4. Crater the goblet - No idea.   
   5. Ophiuchus the Serpent Handler - Apollo was famed as a healer (serpent   
   handler = healer); Ophiuchus may have been his child, but not sure.   
   6. Orion the Hunter - Apollo got his sister Artemis to accidentally kill   
   Orion (he didn't like that she was falling for Orion).  Orion could walk   
   along the bottom of the sea, and one day Apollo and Artemis saw a small   
   object (the top of Orion's head) out in the sea.  Apollo, who knew it was   
   Orion, bet his sister that she couldn't hit that small object with her   
   arrow.  She did, and she later found his body washed ashore.   
      
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   violent."  -- Dan Savage   
      
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