god
Argo (the Ship constellation)
the Argo
also: Argo, the Argo
The constellation of the Ship Argo, one of the star-groups the Stoics named for inanimate objects and reckoned as gods. Cotta cites it with the Altar and the Crown to ridicule their theology.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §3.40 the Argo, the Altar, the Crown
Constellations named for inanimate objects (the ship Argo, the Altar, the Northern Crown), which the Stoics counted among the gods along with the beast-named star-groups. Cotta lists them to ridicule the Stoic deification of the stars.