Hyginus
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For instance, around the onset of the first millennium, Gaius Julius Hyginus, librarian for Roman emperor Augustus, noted that Betelgeuse was a yellow color comparable to Saturn.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2022
A catalogue of the heroes who accompanied Meleager is given by Hyginus, Fab. clxxiii.
From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Theodore Alois Buckley
Hyginus, being the mildest of men, endeavored to reclaim him without proceeding to extremities; so that Valentine was not excommunicated before the first year of St. Pius his immediate successor.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
For his intimacy with the learned Hyginus cf.
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by George Middleton
There must therefore have been a very rapid development of the constitution in the time between Hyginus and Victor.
From History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) by Neil Buchanan
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