arrivo del nido

English translation: arrival of the Pleiades

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Italian term or phrase:arrivo del nido
English translation:arrival of the Pleiades
Entered by: Miloslawa Kilarska

05:30 Mar 30, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Astronomy & Space
Italian term or phrase: arrivo del nido
L'epsilon stellare della Vergine segnalava l'inizio della vandemia o l'arrivo della Chioma, delle Gallinelle, del Nido davano il segnale ai naviganti di prendere il largo.
Miloslawa Kilarska
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arrival of the Pleiades
Explanation:
From Richard Hinkley Allen 'Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning' - Dover

p. 396 - on the Pleiades

'Hesiod called them the Seven Virgins and the Virgin Stars' (NB - so doesn't refer to Virgo)
'A common figure for these starsm everywhere popular for many centuries is that of a Hen with her Chickens'
'The title, written also Pliades,......has commonly been derived from plein [to sail - Greek], for the heliacal rising of the group in May marked the opening of navigation to the Greeks, as its setting in late autumn did the close'
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arrival of the Pleiades


Explanation:
From Richard Hinkley Allen 'Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning' - Dover

p. 396 - on the Pleiades

'Hesiod called them the Seven Virgins and the Virgin Stars' (NB - so doesn't refer to Virgo)
'A common figure for these starsm everywhere popular for many centuries is that of a Hen with her Chickens'
'The title, written also Pliades,......has commonly been derived from plein [to sail - Greek], for the heliacal rising of the group in May marked the opening of navigation to the Greeks, as its setting in late autumn did the close'


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