The origin of Leo the Lion is by the Greeks in 40BC. The word Leo is latin for lion.
BOTH! Those are my cats names and they're brothers. Tough choice b/w the two though since Olly is short for Oliver...a classic cat name. And Leo means "lion" in Latin. Can't go wrong with either one! =)
The constellation Corvus represents the crow.
Scorpius is the constellation that is shaped as a scorpion.
constellation first met
Sirius is NOT a constellation - it's a star, the brightest star in our night sky. It's in the constellation, Canis Major the Great Dog - just left of Orion.
Leo is a constellation.
Leo was named after a lion because the shape of the constellation resembles a crouching lion. The name Leo is Latin for lion.
The name "Leo" comes from the Latin word for lion. The constellation is associated with the Nemean Lion, a mythical creature slain by the hero Hercules as one of his twelve labors in Greek mythology.
Leo Minor means "the smaller lion" in Latin. It is a constellation located near the larger constellation Leo, and it represents a smaller lion in Greek mythology that was unable to compete with the fierce lion represented by the constellation Leo.
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Leo is the 12th largest constellation in the night sky.
The neamean lion
The Leo constellation is named after the Latin word for lion. In Greek mythology, Leo was associated with the Nemean Lion, a creature killed by the hero Hercules as the first of his twelve labors.
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