Interesting facts about the constellation "Leo"
Greek scholar Eratosthenes and Roman author Hyginus
both say that the lion was placed among the stars because of its status as king
of the beasts. The Chinese know most of the stars in the constellation as
Xuanyuan, the Yellow Dragon. The Chaldeans associated the constellation with
the Sun because, in those times, the Sun was passing through Leo during the
summer solstice. Egyptians venerated the lion in the sky because the period of
the Sun passing through the constellation coincided with the rise of the river
Nile.