Erigone
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek Daughter of King Icarius of
Attica in ancient Greece, the area of the southeastern
mainland where modern Athens now stands.
Drunken shepherds killed her father and buried him.
Erigone and her faithful dog, Maera, set out in search
of the vanished king. When Erigone discovered the
tomb of Icarius, she was grief-stricken and hanged
herself from a nearby tree. The gods transformed
her into the constellation Virgo, and Maera became
Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor.
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- Virgo (Virgin) Greek One of the constellations; sixth sign of the Zodiac, named for the maiden Erigone, who hanged herself from a tree after finding the grave of her murdered father, Icarius of Attica.
- Erigone - Mythology.