PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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الكوكب الذي على قلب الأسد‘α Leo’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.8:5, 27:16
Translation of:
Greek: ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς καρδίας τοῦ Λέοντος ἀστήρ [PH Heiberg: I.8:5, 80:25]
Modern translations:
French: l'étoile qui se trouve au cœur du Lion [PH Morelon: I.8:5, 26:19]
German: der Stern im Herzen des Löwen [PH Nix: I.8:5, 81:28]