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There are many scientific and literary explanations for the constellation Leo. There are scientific explanations like stars, galaxies, and discoveries. There are literary explanations like myths and the zodiac.
There are a few different myths for this constellation. One of them started when Hercules discovered his supernatural powers, was driven mad by his wife Hera and killed his children. To pay for his mistake he was assigned the twelve labors by Hera. The first of his twelve labors was to kill the ferocious lion. Hera sent him to kill the lion hoping he would fail and his father, Zeus, would disown him. Leo fell to the forests of Nemaea. He ate the animals of the forests and the people of the village. Several brave men lost their lives to Leo. No arrow or spear would pierce his tough skin. When Hercules went to kill the lion he entered the cave and strangled Leo with his bare hands. Hercules then dug Leo’s claw from his paw and cut the lion’s skin. He left the cave wearing the skin as a robe and the lions head as a helmet. Hercules saved the people of his village. Zeus recognized his son’s heroic act by placing a picture of the lion in the sky. Another version of the myth is that Leo was told to be the terrible lion in the table between the two lovers Pyramus and Thisbe. Their parents forbid them from getting married. They secretly talked through a crack in the wall between their houses. They planned to meet right outside the city next to a certain mulberry tree with white berries. When Thisbe arrived Pyramus was not there. Suddenly a lion startled Thisbe. The lion was covered in blood from his previous victim. Thisbe started to run when her veil slipped and the lion Thisbe ran away. When Pyramus arrived he saw the bloody rip...

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