Hercules English

Hercules was the name in Roman mythology Greek mythology of the hero Heracles, being a metathesis of the Greek name. He was the son of Jupiter, the Roman equivalent of the Greek god Zeus and the mortal Alcmena. He conducted twelve great work, called The Twelve Labours of Heracles and was deified.
The Romans adopted the Greek version of his life and works essentially unchanged, but added anecdotal detail of their own, some of them linking the hero with the geography of the western Mediterranean. Details of his cult were also adapted to Spain.

Andromeda English

MYTHOLOGY

In Greek mythology Andromeda (Ancient Greek Ἀνδρομέδα, 'ruler of men ") was the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia, king of Etiopía.Casiopea, having presumed to be as beautiful as the Nereids, provoked the anger of Poseidon, who sent a flooding on the land and a sea monster, Ceto, to kill men and cattle. Knowing from the oracle of Amun could not find a solution to marry his daughter Andromeda to the monster, King Cepheus left chained to a rock, naked with jewelry. Perseus, flying by his winged sandals, a gift from the naiads, back after killing Medusa saw Andromeda and fell in love with her. He went down to the beach to talk to Cepheus and Cassiopeia to asking them to marry him with Cassiopeia if he killed the monster . The parents accepted. Perseus fought the sea monster, killed him and used Medusa's head to petrify the animal and turn it into coral. After that, he untied her and they were happy. But Cassiopeia refused because he had promised her hand to Prince Agenor. Perseus fought against him and his entourage and after killing many men, he used Medusa's head and froze the remaining. Andromeda married Perseus happily.


CONSTELLATION

The Andromeda Galaxy, also known as Messier Object 31 Messier 31 or NGC 224, is a giant spiral galaxy. Is the object visible to the naked eye farthest from Earth. It is 2.5 million light years away in the constellation Andromeda. It is the largest and brightest of the galaxies in the Local Group, which consists of about 30 small galaxies plus three large spiral galaxies: Andromeda, the Milky Way and the Triangulum Galaxy. It has an estimated mass of between 300,000 and 400,000 million solar masses: about one and half times the mass of the Milky Way, and is twice as bright as this.

ORION

In Greek mythology, Orion was a giant who, by some accounts, was born from the urine of the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hermes. One day the gods visited an old man named Hyrieus could not have children but wanted to have one. In gratitude for the hospitality granted his wish, urinate into the skin of the ox that had been eaten. When finished he was told to bury the skin and within nine months would have his child. After the period mentioned was born a child who was named in memory of Orion that he had fathered urine .
There are several versions of the myth of Orion. One of them says that Orion had raped Merope, daughter of Oenopion, who therefore left him blind. Helios and then regained his sight became Orion's hunting companion of Artemis and Leto. He promised to kill any animal that had on earth, so that Gaia was angry and gave birth to a huge scorpion stung Orion and killed him. In another version which was launched Artemis scorpion against Orion.
There is another tradition that held that Artemis was in love with Orion, which aroused jealousy in Apollo, twin brother of Artemis. One day Apollo, seeing Orion in the distance, made a commitment to challenging her to his sister could not butting an arrow at an animal (or a bright spot in the ocean away, in another version) that was moving in the distance within a forest (or as far away from the sea). Artemis released his arrow and gave, as usual, on target. When he went to see his prey, he realized that he had destroyed his beloved Orion. So great was his sorrow, their complaints and complaints that we decided to put Orion in the sky for solace.
Another legend has it that Orion harassed the Pleiades, daughters of the Titan Atlas, so that Zeus placed them in heaven. It still seems that in the sky, Orion continues to pursue the Pleiades.
Orion is represented by a warrior, raising his bow, his sword or stick and covering the enemy with a fleece or a shield. On his side are his hunting dogs: Canis Major and Canis Minor.

In Egyptian mythology the star of Orion was associated with the god Osiris.

Argo Navis

• Argo Navis was (and, in a sense, still is) a large constellation in the Southern Hemisphere sky, representing the ship that traveled Jason and the Argonauts in Greek mythology. This is the only constellation described by Ptolemy is not recognized today. For its size (about 1884 square degrees, more than any other), was divided into several smaller constellations by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the eighteenth century: these are Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Vela (the latter). The latter takes the place that corresponds to the mast of the ship.