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The name comes from the ancient Greeks, and then the ancient Romans. Both civilizations used figures from their religious beliefs, to organize the night sky and find its stars night after night. One interpretation was the constellation Virgo as Astrae, the virgin daughter of the god Zeus and the goddess Themis. As the goddess of justice, she ruled the world, on earth, until she became so disgusted with humankind that she chose the sky as her final, permanent home. In the night sky, though, she was located near her scales of justice, in the constellation Libra. Another interpretation was Virgo as Persephone, the goddess of innocence and purity, until she became Hades' Queen of the Underworld.

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