Virgo was set up by Claudius Ptolemy. It has an area of 1294 square degrees and 167 naked-eye stars. Claudius Ptolemy It is one of the 48 constellation of ecliptic and one of the twelve constellation.

Virgo The first magnitude star Spica, which forms part of means "ear of wheat".

The oldest Virgo myth is the story of Astraia (Dikeh), told in Arathos' Phainomena.
During the Golden Age, when people lived in peace and tranquility, Dikeh, the goddess of justice, lived with the people on earth and provided for their needs. In the Silver Age and the Bronze Age, people began to make weapons and fight with each other. Dikeh, fed up with this, ascended to heaven and became Virgo. After Dikeh became constellation, he became known as Astraea.

Virgo The feather pen in her right hand in the constellation painting of is the symbol of the goddess of justice, and it is said that the Libra at her feet is the balance of justice of Astraia.


[Source of story.
Hoshi no Bunka Shi Shi Jiten Jiten (Encyclopedia of the Cultural History of the Stars), Hakusuisha, Inc.
Zenkiten constellation Encyclopedia, Kawade Shobo Shinsha (February 2011)