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	Cerberus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Greek mythology, Cerberus or Cerberos (Greek Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
		In Monolith's Blood, Cerberus was the third act's boss, most likely this is an allusion to Divine Comedy, in which Cerberus resides in the third layer of Hell.
		Cerberus is a Heavy Assault Ship of the Caldari Faction in the EVE Online MMORPG, and is currently disliked by certain members of the EVE Community who argue that it is comparatively underpowered and doesn't perform well in Player vs Player combat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cerberus (1470 words)

	Star Tales – Cerberus
		It is depicted being held in the outstretched hand of Hercules, who overpowered Cerberus and dragged it from the Underworld to the surface as one of his labours.
		The constellation was introduced by Johannes Hevelius in 1687, replacing the branch from the tree of the golden apples that had previously been depicted in the hand of Hercules.
		Cerberus held in the grasp of Hercules, as shown on the Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas of Johannes Hevelius.
	www.ianridpath.com /startales/cerberus.htm (166 words)

	CONSTELLATION - LoveToKnow Article on CONSTELLATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At one time it was held that the constellation names and myths were of, Greek origin; this view has now been disproved,,and an examination of the Hellenic myths associated with the stars and star-groups in the light of the records revealed by the decipherment of Euphratean.
		These constellations were arranged in three concentric annuli, the northern ones in an inner annulus subdivided into 60 degrees, the zodiacal ones into a medial annulus of 120 degrees, and the southern ones into an outer annulus of 240 degrees.
		in the Iau1J2~va of Aratus 44 constellations are enumerated, viz.
	5.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CO/CONSTELLATION.htm (2730 words)

	Cerberus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to mythology Cerberus was the three-headed dog who guarded the path to the realm of the Underworld.
		The constellation of Cerberus has its origins with the astronomer Johannes Hevelius, who placed it on his star atlas Firmamentum Sobiescianum.
		Cerberus is no longer recognized as a separate constellation, instead its stars are now part of Hercules.
	www.pa.msu.edu /people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/obsolete_pages/cerberus.htm (102 words)

	Cerberus - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In Greek mythology, Cerberus (Greek Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
		The Cerberus is a specialised missile based assault ship currently disliked by certain members of the EVE Community.
		In the PlayStation 2 game, Devil May Cry 3, Cerberus is one of the early bosses Dante will face, he appears in Mission 3 and he is encased in ice for the duration of the battle.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Cerberus (1281 words)

	Pisces - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		Pisces (♓, Latin for fish (plural)) is a zodiac constellation which lies between Aquarius to the west and Aries to the east.
		The constellation resembles two roundish objects each of which is tied to the same point by a long length of string [1] (http://borghetto.astrofili.org/costellazioni/pisces.JPG).
		It is generally thought that in earlier depictions, only the constellation Piscis Austrinus was considered to be a fish.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Pisces (324 words)

	Read about Cerberus at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Cerberus and learn about Cerberus here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In Greek mythology, Cerberus (from Κέρϐερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a
		Cerberus has also made numerous appearances in video games, most notable is the Final Fantasy,
		In such a case, the non-escaping branch of Pisces may have been taken to represent the usual patrol of Cerberus on a leash, wheras the other branch being taken to represent Cerberus' subsequent ascent (still on the leash, thus still having to eventually return)
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Cerberus (886 words)

	Thelemapedia: The Encyclopedia of Thelema & Magick \| Twelve Labors
		The great lion of the constellation Leo was said by the Greeks to have been the Nemean Lion, placed in the sky after Herakles' slaying of it.
		An asterism (now a seperate constellation) of Centaurus was Lupus, which was originally a generic animal rather than specifically a wolf, and easily could have been a boar, such as the Erymanthian Boar, an animal of the woodland hunts just like centaurs.
		The constellation of Taurus was generally identified in Greek mythology as being the bull which captured Europa and fathered the Minotaur.
	www.thelemapedia.org /index.php/Twelve_Labors (2039 words)

	Mythical Creatures and Monsters
		Cerberus was the three-headed hound that guarded the gate to Hades.
		Cerberus was the monstrous offspring of Typhon and Echidna.
		Cerberus was to keep the deads or shades from returning to the world of living, as well as preventing the living wanting to come in the Hades' home.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/beasts.html (6933 words)

	Contemporary Reports page 6.
		She is an armour-plated vessel, or what is technically known as a "turret ship," and is constructed on the same principle as the Magdala and Abyssinia, and other vessels of a cognate character in the British navy.
		The Cerberus is propelled by twin screws, so that she can turn on her own length, and the screws are fitted with Maudslay's Shifting blades.
		The Cerberus was taken into the Alfred Graving Dock recently, and not before time, for the growth of marine crustacean and parasites under her water-line was something extraordinary.
	www.cerberus.com.au /contemporary6.html (2765 words)

	USS Cerberus, NCC 6220, Apollo class. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stardate 11299.5, U.S.S. Cerberus is currently exploring the outer fringes of the Beta Quadrant limits of Federation space.
		The Cerberus has travelled as close to the Solistarus system as is allowed by the agreement reached with the native Magiikitaean civilisation nearly thirty years ago.
		Cerberus is the name of the trimaran frigate design that is being proposed for the Royal Navy 2001.
	www.btinternet.com /~ady1971/cerberus.html (133 words)

	Babylonius
		She is represented by the constellation Cassiopeia between Cepheus and Andromeda, and is depicted sitting in a chair.
		He is represented by the constellation Cepheus near Cassiopeia which includes the prototype of the Cepheid variable stars used as standard light sources for measurement of distances in space.
		As Demeter she is represented in the sky by the constellation and zodiacal sign of Virgo, holding an ear of wheat, the star Spica.
	www.auburn.edu /~downejm/Ovid/MetindexBCD.htm (3597 words)

	Cerberus - Free Encyclopedia of Thelema
		In Greek mythology, Cerberus (from Κέρβερος, Kerberos, demon of the pit), was the hound of Hades—a monstrous three-headed dog (sometimes said to have 50 or 100 heads), (sometimes) with a snake for a tail and innumerable snake heads on his back.
		Cerberus is the offspring of Echidna and Typhon.
		The entrance of the Royal Institute of Technology, in Stockholm is "guarded" by two Cerberus statues.
	www.egnu.org /thelema/index.php/Three-headed_dog (933 words)

	Heracles
		The third labour, he needed to fetch the Cerynitian hind that lived at Oinoe or the forest of Cerynitia, and was sacred to the goddess Artemis.
		Cerberus was the three-headed hound with snake's head at the end of its tail.
		Cerberus was an offspring of Typhon and Echidna.
	www.timelessmyths.com /classical/heracles.html (8553 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Geryon
		Since Auriga is the nearest constellation from the start of the sun's transit to border on the empty space, a solar-chariot (later adjusted into a cup) becomes the method of traversing the desert.
		However, at the other end of the constellation (where the tail should be) sits the star Sirius, considered evil by many ancient mythologies due to its flickering and redness, which was itself considered a dog (the dog star), by association with the constellation.
		As such, the constellation has two heads, one is the normal head of the constellation, and the other is Sirius on the other side.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Geryon (1114 words)

	Pisces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The constellation resembles two roundish objects, each of which is tied to the same point by a long length of string [1].
		The Western astrological sign Pisces of the tropical zodiac (February 19 - March 20) differs from the astronomical constellation and the Hindu astrological sign of the sidereal zodiac (March 12 - April 18).
		It is the domicile of Jupiter (since its discovery Neptune has been considered Pisces' ruling or co-ruling planet by many modern astrologers) and the exaltation of Venus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pisces (480 words)

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		Poseidon demanded that Cassiopeia's daughter Andromeda be punished for her mother's vanity by being sacrificed to the monster, but the girl was rescued by the hero Perseus.
		In Roman mythology both the beautiful maiden Psyche and the Trojan prince Aeneas were able to pacify Cerberus with a honey cake and thus continue their journey through the underworld.
		Cerberus is sometimes pictured with a mane of snakes and 50 heads.
	www.fortunecity.co.uk /jodrellbank/gargoyle/100/c.html (2589 words)

	hydra
		The fact that the constellation takes up such a long part of the sky, made up of stars which could be used in other constellations, should be indicative that this was an important constellation.
		One also finds that she is the mother of Cerberus (see "Dog"), who is the hound of Hades, the hound of Hel (the goddess Hel); and she is the mother of the Nemean lion, also a holy animal of the Goddess(es).
		Finally, and for our constellation, most importantly, she is the mother of the Lernaean Hydra, the Hydra of Lerna, who, by the time of the Greeks, had become of monstrous multi-headed monster whom Heracles (Hercules) killed.
	langlab.uta.edu /German/lana.rings/skygoddess/hydra.htm (2705 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.S.
		Constellation said in a statement yesterday it may sweeten the offer after Vincor rebuffed its first approach, which wasn't disclosed publicly.
		Constellation, which bought seven wine companies or brands in the past five years, controls 4 percent of the worldwide wine market.
		Constellation, which sells 200 types of alcohol including Corona and Tsingtao beers and Barton's vodka, is also looking to bolster its offerings of spirits as well.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10001006&refer=regional_indices&sid=a2OVNFaJDq_Q (788 words)

	Hercules
		Hercules was advised not to pick any of the apples himself, so he invited Atlas, who was supporting the heavens on his shoulders, to fetch the apples for him.
		Labor 12: This labor took Hercules down to the gates of the Underworld to fetch Cerberus, the three-headed watchdog.
		Cerberus had the tail of a dragon and his back was covered with snakes.
	1scom.net /~kjblackford/hercules.html (1155 words)

	The Stories of the Constellations - Hercules
		Its representation of the most famous of Greek heroes, Hercules, wasn't recognized by astronomers in their stellar catalogs until well after 300 BC when Herodotus' uncle, the historian Panyassis sought to add another of the Argonauts to the stellar vault in the fifth century BC.
		The assignment of the constellation as Hercules was first depicted in a star atlas in 1485 in Venice.
		The constellations surrounding Hercules include Boötes as the Titan Atlas with the inclusion of the Corona Borealis as the globe on the giant's shoulders, Leo as the Nemean lion, Cancer the crab, Hydra the sea serpent and Draco as the defeated dragon, Ladon, who protected the golden apple tree of the Hesperides.
	www.ufrsd.net /staffwww/stefanl/myths/hercules.htm (872 words)

	Mysteries of the Zodiac Revealed
		Originally there were 48 constellations; the twelve signs of the zodiac plus three minor constellations in each of the twelve signs.
		In this study, what has been discovered is that the twelve constellations along with their minor constellations tell three stories of God’s plan in the stars.
		The original picture of this constellation is a woman sitting on a chair with a small boy standing on her lap.
	www.loveyah.com /zodiac.htm (3118 words)

	Hercules
		The constellation of Hercules/Herakles is appropriately near the constellation Draco and the Lernaean Hydra.
		The constellation is indicative of events that effects large portions of mankind, and the Man Kneeling presages earthquakes if poorly placed with respect to an eclipse.
		Of this constellation is begotten the desertion, craftiness, and deceit characteristic of its children, and from it comes the thug who terrorizes the heart of the city.
	www.winshop.com.au /annew/Hercules.html (10408 words)

	CERBERUS FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cerberus: Is also a Heavy Assault Ship of the Caldari Faction in the EVE Online MMORPG.
		Kerberos, the guardian of the seal, is one of the main characters in the popular Japanese anime Cardcaptor Sakura; and is in the manga Devil & Devil where it was the dog that Devil Sword had tamed.
		Final Fantasy VII's 3rd installment, Dirge Of Cerberus, Vincent's 3 barrelled gun is named Cerberus.
	www.vmerch.com /Cerberus (1137 words)

	Constellation Myths Hercules, Hydra and Corona Borialias
		The constellation is huge--the fifth-largest in the sky--but rather dim, which is an interesting parallel with Hercules himself.
		Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown This constellation is generally associated with Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete.
		He took the crown from her forehead, and set it as a constellation in the sky, to bring her eternal glory.
	www.unsolvedmysteries.com /usm285201.html (1019 words)

	Extinct Constellations
		As a result, "gaps" without constellations were left in the sky, and other brighter areas were described by multiple constellations.
		Some of these constellations were enormous (like Argo Navis) and difficult to utilize in modern systematic observation of the stars; others were tributes to monarchs or patrons or held religious symbolism, both of which alienated some astronomers.
		Thus, the name of this constellation was "guardian of the pole," an appropriate name for a constellation so close to the southern celestial pole.
	library.thinkquest.org /27930/extinct.htm (1172 words)

	The Stories of the Constellations - Cetus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		: found in the region of the sky usually assigned as the celestial sea, this constellation is considered the representation of a monster of some sort.
		Mesopotamia: the monster, Tiamat, depicted here as a sea monster approaching the bound goddess Istar, and later as a dragon, where she is associated with the constellation Draco in the early creation myths of the area.
		Cetus was the mother of Phorcids who gave rise to the serpent-guard in the Garden of the Hesperides, the Gorgons, Cerberus the three-headed dog guardian of Hades, the Hydra, the Chimera and others.
	www.ufrsd.net /staffwww/stefanl/myths/cetus.htm (154 words)

	Echeclus
		He is represented by the constellation Auriga the charioteer, containing the star Capella.
		She was set in the sky as the constellation Virgo, after her suicide, by hanging, in despair at finding her father Icarius’s body.
		Used as an adjective for the constellation Sagittarius the Archer, the zodiacal sign formed when the Thessalian centaur Chiron was placed among the stars by Zeus.
	www.auburn.edu /~downejm/Ovid/MetindexEFGHI.htm (3696 words)

	The Twelve Labours of Hercules (Herakles)
		An asterism (now a separate constellation) of Centaurus was Lupus, which was originally a generic animal rather than specifically a wolf, and easily could have been a boar, such as the Erymanthian Boar, an animal of the woodland hunts just like centaurs.
		The constellation of Taurus was generally identified in Greek mythology as being the bull which captured Europa (mythology) and fathered the Minotaur.
		The preceding area of sky, which the sun has crossed, was known as the sea due to the amount of sea-related constellations in it.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/HeraclesLabours.html (2069 words)

	Astrology Glossary of Terms, Meaning of Astrology Terms, Astrology Words and Their Meanings . . .
		Orpheus was one of the few living mortals to get past Cerberus by charming it to sleep with song during his attempt to rescue Eurydice from death.
		Tropical astrologers believe the signs to be 12 equal divisions of the interval between successive vernal equinoxes, and that these 12 stages in the Earth’s light and dark cycle, not the constellations from which they derived their names, are interpretively significant.
		Astronomically, a sign is any of 12 equal divisions in the ecliptic, beginning when the Earth’s equatorial plane intersects the Sun marking the beginning of (northern hemispheric) spring, and at a point where a line drawn at that moment from the center of the Earth through the center of the Sun intersects the ecliptic.
	www.drstandley.com /astrologycharts_glossary.shtml (10611 words)

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