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Cygnus, 1st century A.D.
Soprintendenza Speciale per i Beni Archeologici di Napoli e Pompei, inv. 8560

The constellation of Cygnus, the Latin word for a swan, represents the animal whose shape Jupiter assumed in his plan to seduce Leda, the wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta.