ABBREVIATION SIZE GREEK CONSTELLATIONS PTOLEMY THE ALMAGEST GREEK NAME CONSTELLATION LINKED IN LEGEND THE GREAT BEAR URSA POSITION BEHIND ORIGIN NAME PROBABLY COMES WORD MEANING REFERRING THE HERDSMAN ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATION THE ANCIENT FACT URSA MAJOR SOMETIMES PULLED THE GREEKS ARCTOPHYLAX TRANSLATED BEAR KEEPER ARATUS WHOM DRIVING THE BEAR HOMER THE ODYSSEY SUGGESTS OLDER ASTRONOMERS TWO DOGS NEIGHBOURING CANES VENATICI THE ORIGINAL CHART JOHANN BODE CLUB STAFF RIGHT HAND SICKLE LEASH HUNTING DOGS THE CLUB REPRESENTATIONS NOTHING THE SICKLE SEEMS HERE STANDING MONS MAENALUS OBSOLETE ABOVE OBSOLETE CONSTELLATION QUADRANS MURALIS STORY GOES THE GOD ZEUS PARAMOUR DAUGHTER KING LYCAON ONE DAY DINE FATHER THING GOD WHETHER REALLY THE GREAT CUT UP ARCAS MIXED GRILL DEED DONE THE FLESH BURNING SCATTERING THE SONS TURNED COLLECTED PARTS WHOLE AGAIN GAVE MAIA PLEIAD CALLISTO SOME SAY WIFE HERA HIMSELF ARTEMIS PUNISH WHATEVER STRAPPING TEENAGER HUNTING IN THE WOODS HER SON TRIED GREET FAILED INTERPRET EXPRESSION MOTHERLY LOVE CHASE HOT PURSUIT FLED THE TEMPLE PUNISHED BY DEATH SNATCHED MOTHER IN THE SKY THE CONSTELLATIONS IDENTIFICATION ICARIUS CONFUSED LENGTH HYGINUS POETIC ASTRONOMY DIONYSUS TAUGHT HOW TO VINES VINTAGE FRIENDS THOUGHT REVENGE MAERA ERIGONE BODY BENEATH HANGED HERSELF THE DOG GRIEF DROWNING ITSELF THE SKY VIRGO CANIS MINOR CANIS MAJOR AUTHORITIES GUARD STAR ENTIRE ARCTURUS HESIOD MEANS LYING GERMANICUS CAESAR GARMENT TRADITIONALLY ORANGE COLOUR RED GIANT STAR TIMES LIGHT YEARS AWAY CHINESE ANCIENT MARKS THE HORN THE HEAD THE BLUE SAID TO THE THRONE CELESTIAL TIAN WANG HOLDING COURT CLEAR CHARACTER AT ALL EMPEROR SUPREME SKY GOD STATUS NORTHERN HALF LIES LUNAR MANSION FULL MOON MARKING START IN LINE THE HANDLE THE BIG DIPPER BEIDOU SEASONAL HENCE THE ANNUAL CYCLE POWERFUL SYMBOL COSMIC DAJIAO CONSISTING OF HELP DETERMINE SHETI THE RIGHT UPSILON THE ONE THE LEFT ZETA THREE STARS TO THE NORTH MATTRESS FOR THE EMPEROR VERSION THE CHINESE THE TRIANGLE BRONZE FOOD BRIGHTER STARS COMA BERENICES RUNNING CONCERNED SHIELD SWORD IOTA THETA QIGONG OVER THE BORDER ENDING DELTA THE OTHER BETA SOUTH REPRESENTING LOCATION UNCERTAIN EXAMPLE CHINESE CONSTELLATION OVER TIME THE BORDER IAN RIDPATH ALL RIGHTS RESERVED RETURN INDEX