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... It is there because Zeus considered the lion as the king of beasts. ...
Needless to say, this constellation is also associated with the Nemean lion that Heracles killed on his first labor. ... Apollodorus reports that the lion was the progency of Typhon, the great monster. ... The lion hid in his cave, and it took Heracles two months to find it and finally choke it to death. ... Some say that the association of the lion with the Sun is owing to the coincidence of the lion in the Babylonian zodiac with the summer solstice.
Approximate Word count = 452
Approximate Pages = 1.8
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