A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.

About this Item

Title: A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.
Author: Danet, Pierre, ca. 1650-1709.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Nicholson ... Tho. Newborough ... and John Bulford ...,; 1700.
Rights/Permissions: To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
Subject terms: Classical dictionaries.; Rome -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.; Greece -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.
Cite this Item: "A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A36161.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

Pages

CASSIOPEA,

the Wise of Cepheus, King of Ethiopia, who incurred the Indignation of the Nereides for being accounted more beau∣tiful; which was the Cause why her Daughter Andromeda was exposed to a Sea-monster, that so the Mother might be punished in the Daugh∣ter: But Perseus at his Return from Libya, res∣cued her from the Jaws of this Monster, when it was just ready to devour her; and in Acknow∣ledgment of this Kindness, Cepheus gave her to him in Marriage. Cassiope was taken up into Heaven by the Favour of her Son-in-law, where the Astronomers represent her to us as sitting upon a Chair in the Milky-way, between Ce∣pheus and Andromeda, who touches our Summer Tropick with her Head and Hand. Vitruvius has given us the following Description of these Constellations.

Perseus leans with his Right-hand upon Cas∣siope, holding with the Left, which is over Au∣riga the Waggoner, the Head of Gorgon by the Crown, and placing it under the Feet of Andro∣meda: The Right-hand of Andromeda is over the Constellation of Cassiope, and the Left over the Northern Pisces. Cassiope is in the Middle, and Capricorn has the Eagle and Dolphin above it, which are dedicated to them.