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<blockquote data-quote="klein" data-source="post: 798826" data-attributes="member: 23950"><p><strong>Ophiuchus</strong> is a large <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">constellation</span></a> located around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_equator" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">celestial equator</span></a>. Its name is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Greek</span></a> (<em>Ὀφιοῦχος</em>) for '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">serpent</span></a>-bearer', and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpens" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Serpens</span></a>.</p><p></p><p>There are multiple versions of the story in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Greek mythology</span></a>. One states that Ophiuchus is identified with the healer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Asclepius</span></a>, son of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Apollo</span></a>, who became so skilled that he brought the dead back to life. Then <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Hades</span></a> became so angry that he convinced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Zeus</span></a> to kill <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Asclepius</span></a> with a lightning bolt. After his death, he was placed in the stars as a constellation.</p><p></p><p>Another version states that Asclepius witnessed a snake reviving a dead snake with herbs. Zeus then killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt to prevent the knowledge from spreading, but out of honor for his life works, turned him into the constellation Ophiuchus (The Snake Holder).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klein, post: 798826, member: 23950"] [B]Ophiuchus[/B] is a large [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation'][COLOR=#0645ad]constellation[/COLOR][/URL] located around the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_equator'][COLOR=#0645ad]celestial equator[/COLOR][/URL]. Its name is [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language'][COLOR=#0645ad]Greek[/COLOR][/URL] ([I]Ὀφιοῦχος[/I]) for '[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake'][COLOR=#0645ad]serpent[/COLOR][/URL]-bearer', and it is commonly represented as a man grasping the snake that is represented by the constellation [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpens'][COLOR=#0645ad]Serpens[/COLOR][/URL]. There are multiple versions of the story in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_mythology'][COLOR=#0645ad]Greek mythology[/COLOR][/URL]. One states that Ophiuchus is identified with the healer [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius'][COLOR=#0645ad]Asclepius[/COLOR][/URL], son of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo'][COLOR=#0645ad]Apollo[/COLOR][/URL], who became so skilled that he brought the dead back to life. Then [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades'][COLOR=#0645ad]Hades[/COLOR][/URL] became so angry that he convinced [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus'][COLOR=#0645ad]Zeus[/COLOR][/URL] to kill [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asclepius'][COLOR=#0645ad]Asclepius[/COLOR][/URL] with a lightning bolt. After his death, he was placed in the stars as a constellation. Another version states that Asclepius witnessed a snake reviving a dead snake with herbs. Zeus then killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt to prevent the knowledge from spreading, but out of honor for his life works, turned him into the constellation Ophiuchus (The Snake Holder). [/QUOTE]
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