"Great Hector, cover’d with his spacious shield, Plies all the troops, and orders all the field. As the red star now shows his sanguine fires Through the dark clouds, and now in night retires, Thus through the ranks appear’d the godlike man, Plunged in the rear, or blazing in the van; While streamy sparkles, restless as he flies, Flash from his arms, as lightning from the skies."
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Sirius
is the brightest star in the . Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος, Seirios, meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinised to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa. Sirius is a consisting of a main-sequence star, termed Sirius A, and a faint companion, termed Sirius B. Sirius is colloquially known as the "Dog Star", reflecting its prominence in its constellation, (the Greater Dog). The heliacal rising of Sirius marked the f
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