Kyllaros (horse)

Kyllaros ( Greek  Κύλλαρος , Latinized Cyllarus ), as a constellation also Celeris , is a wonder horse like Areion in Greek mythology .

mythology

According to the poet Alkman , the horses Kyllaros and Xanthos were given by Poseidon to Hera , who, according to Stesichoros , gave them to the Dioscuri . Depending on the source, Kyllaros went either to Polydeukes or to Castor . While Castor participation in the Argonauts the horses sired Kyllaros Aschetos and Kyknos , the later the Amphiaraos belonged.

Constellation

The constellation Füll (also called Equuleus), which is located between the dolphin and Pegasus , is said to represent the head of Celeris.

literature

• Elijah Hinsdale Burritt , Hiram Mattison: The Geography of the Heavens: And Class-book of Astronomy: Accompanied by a Celestial Atlas . Mason Brothers 1860, p. 131 ( full online version (Google Books) )
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Kyllaros 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, Col. 1700 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Kurt Latte : Kyllaros 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 2, Stuttgart 1922, column 2454 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• BBC website on the constellation Equuleus and information on Celeris

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alkman; Virgil , Georgica 3.89 f.
2. ↑ Seneca , Phaedra 810 f .; Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica 1,425 f .; Statius , Thebais 6,328 f.
3. ↑ Statius, Thebais 6,326-530
4. ↑ http://www.aphilia.de/astronomie-sternbild-fuellen.html