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About the StarBrightest star in the constellation LeoLeo MythLeo is one of the oldest constellations in the sky. Archaeological evidence suggests that Mesopotamians had a constellation similar to Leo as early as 4000 BC. The Persians knew the constellation as Shir or Ser, Babylonians called it UR.GU.LA ("the great lion"), Syrians knew it as Aryo, and the Turks as Artan.
Babylonians knew the star Regulus as "the star that stands at the Lion's breast," or the King Star. Both the constellation and its brightest star were well-known in most ancient cultures.
The Greeks associated Leo with the Nemean lion, the beast defeated by Heracles during the first of his twelve labours. Both Eratosthenes and Hyginus wrote that the lion was placed among the constellations because it was the king of beasts.
The lion lived in a cave in Nemea, a town located to the south-west of Corinth. It set upon the local inhabitants and could not be defeated because it had impenetrable skin.
Heracles could not defeat the lion with arrows, so he trapped it in its cave, grappled with the beast and eventually defeated it. He used the lion's claws to cut off its pelt, and then wore the pelt as a cloak, complete with the lion's head. The cloak both protected Heracles and made him appear even more fearsome.
In the sky, the six bright stars that form the Sickle of Leo represent the lion's head, and the brightest star in the constellation, Regulus (Alpha Leonis), marks the beast's heart. Another bright star, Denebola (Beta Leonis) marks the tip of the lion's tail. Algieba (Gamma Leonis) lies on the lion's neck, even though its name means "the forehead." Zosma (Delta Leonis) marks the lion's rump.