136. The term "dog days of summer" was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. 137. Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog. 138. In ...
Principal stars are:Sirius -The Dog Star(Alpha Canis Majoris), magnitude -1.47; a binary star. The companion, Sirius B is a white dwarf, magnitude 8.5, too faint to be easily seen in the glare of Sirius;Adhara(Epsilon Canis Majoris), magnitude 1.5;Wezen(Delta Canis Majoris), magnitude 1....
The term “dog days of summer” was coined by the ancient Greeks and Romans to describe the hottest days of summer that coincided with the rising of the Dog Star, Sirius.[3] Alexander the Great is said to have founded and named a city Peritas, in memory of his dog.[3] In ancient G...
Sirius (ancient Greek name)–“Glowing”; the brightest star in the night sky that’s also known as the “Dog Star” Stitch (Old English and Old Norse) –“Large, well-built man” or “haystack”; adorable alien “dog” in “Lilo & Stitch” Tarzan (English) –“White-skinned”; fict...
“The dishes being brought near to me,” says he, “I perceived that they consisted of dog’s flesh, and I was informed that at all their grand feasts they never made use of any other food. The new candidate provides fat dogs for the festival, if they can be procured at any price....