Meaning of sea goat | Babel Free

Definitions

A mythical beast with the upper half of a goat and the lower half of a fish; commonly used to figure the constellation Capricornus.

Examples

“On the left of the label⟳, containing the inscription, was a military standard and a sea goat, on the right a military standard and Pegasus.”

“Hence the two other names from very early antiquity for the sign⟳, "the sea-goat" and "the fish-goat." The union of the goat and fish⟳ too is observed in the Dendera planisphere.”

“Some said that she to Talos was devote, The metal giant, who with mile-long stride⟳ Cover'd the isle, walking around by rote Thrice every day at his appointed tide; Who shepherded the sea-goats on the coast, And, as he past, caught up and live⟳ would roast, Pressing them to his burning ribs and side.”

“From this figuring Camões, in Os Lusiadas of 1572, called it the Semi-Capran Fish⟳, as it is now with us the Goat-Fish and the Sea Goat.”

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