auratis

Updated: May 13, 2025

At the epoch indicated, the first constellation of the zodiac was not, as now, the Fishes, nor, as when a fresh departure was made by Hipparchus, the Ram, but the Bull, a trace of which is found in Virgil's words Candidus auratis aperit cum cornibus annum Taurus.

Richard A. (Richard Anthony) Proctor - Myths and Marvels of Astronomy