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VIRGO (" the Virgin ") , in astronomy, the sixth
century B.C.) and Aratus
century B.C.); Ptolemy
Hevelius 50. The Greeks represented this constellation as a virgin, but different fables are current as to the identity of the maid. She is variously considered to be: Justitia, daughter of Astraeus and Ancora, who lived before man sinned, and taught him his duty, and when the golden age ended she returned to heaven ; according to Hesiod
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