The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team,
And great Orion’s more refulgent beam.
And here, in Achilles’ shield, the list of constellations closes; but it is remarkable that in the ‘Shield of Hercules,’ while the above lines are wanting, we find lines which clearly point to other constellations. Remembering what has just been stated about Draco, it seems at the least a singular coincidence that we should find the centre or boss of the shield occupied by a dragon:—
The scaly horror of a dragon, coil’d
Full in the central field, unspeakable,
With eyes oblique retorted, that aslant
Shot gleaming flame.[22]—Elton’s Translation.
We seem, also, to find a reference to the above-named relations of the aquatic constellations, and specially to the constellation Pisces:—
In the midst,
Full many dolphins chased the fry, and show’d