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Serpens

noun
1.
A constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis.



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"Serpens" Quotes from Famous Books



... subordinate argument is still offered by the parallel descriptions of heathen writers. From the passages collected by Clericus, Lowth, and Gesenius, we quote a few only. In the description of the golden age, Virgil says, Ecl. iv. 21 sqq.; v. 60: Occidet et serpens et fallax herba veneni occidet.—Nec magnos metuent armenta leones.—Nec lupus insidias pecori. Horat. Epod. xiv. 53: Nec vespertinus circumgemit ursus ovile nec intumescit alta viperis humus.—Theocrit. ...
— Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 • Ernst Hengstenberg
... Equinox successively occurred, as explained hereafter, they dedicated the six divisions of that cycle, corresponding to the destructive months of Autumn and Winter, to him as Lord of Evil, and as such, symbolizing him by the serpent, marked the beginning of his reign by the constellation "Serpens," placed in conjunction with the Autumnal Equinox. Personifying in him the opposing principles of Good and Evil, he was to the ancients both God and Devil, or the varied God, who, in relation to the seasons, ...
— Astral Worship • J. H. Hill


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