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Zodiac Zoster Zoos Zoonosis Zoosperm Zoology
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ ZODIAC    id+ | A BELT CIRCLE or
^u                DIAL OF ANIMALS |   sug> ZOE
     gr  ZOON  =   ANIMAL             see> ZEUS
         KYKLOS    CIRCLE             sug> TRICYCLE
     sp  ESTRELLA  STAR               sug> ZORIANA
     ukr ZORA       same              sug> VESPER
         ZORITY   GLOW  BRIGHT LIGHT  sug> APOLLO
         ZOLOTO   GOLD                sug> ZOO
         ZORIA    DAWN                sug> SUNUP
       POZOR      SHAME               sug> NYX
     hx> AN EARLY SCHEMA OF
         ASTRONOMICAL SIGNS
     TO DENOTE SEASONAL CYCLES
     EUDOXIS [#] A PUPIL OF PLATO
     ASSIGNED EACH GOD ONE OF THE TWELVE SIGNS
     OF THE ZODIAC BUT OLDER TRADITIONS PREVAILED
  myth> MOST BEAUTIFULLY VITAL and
        POETIC STORIES CONCERNED WITH
     HEROES AND ACTORS ORGANIZED IN
     CONSTELLATIONS CONSTITUTED BY
     LUMINARY STARS       sug> ASTROLABE
     note STELLAR  LUMEN <see
     lit+ CHAUCER WROTE A
          " TREATISE ON THE ASTROLABE "
     astr> THE ZODIAC SIGNS and
           THEIR MYTHOLOGICAL ORIGIN
     are listed next
     ARIES from the GOLDEN FLEECED RAM
     TAURUS         EUROPA AND HER BULL
     GEMINI     the TWINS CASTOR AND POLLUX
     CANCER         CRAB THAT TORMENTED HERCULES
     LEO            NEMEAN LION
     VIRGO          VIRGIN ASTRAEA
     LIBRA          SCALES or BALANCE OF ASTRAEA
     SCORPIO        SCORPION THAT TORMENTED ORION
     SAGITTARIUS    ARCHER CHIRON
     CAPRICORNUS    GOAT AMALTHEA
     ACQUARIUS      GANYMEDE THE WATER BEARER or
     AQUARIUS       sug> ACQUIRED
     PISCES         A FISH AS A DISGUISE OF EROS
     art> ROMAN ASTROLOGICAL GLOBES
          similar to MODERN GLOBES
     SHOWED CONSTELLATIONS AS EARLY AS
     150 BC and WERE USED TO FORETELL FORTUNES
     ply> SPIN THE GLOBE         sug> ROULETTE
     hx>  in 139 BC A FAILED EFFORT WAS MADE TO
          EXPEL FROM ROME SYRIAN SOOTHSAYERS or
     CHALDEANS              sug> HOROSCOPE
     note THE ZODIAC IS USED TO THIS DAY
          BY FORTUNE TELLERS    see> HORA
~ ZOSTER  med> BELT LIKE VIRAL ERUPTION
               FOLLOWING THE TRAJECTORY OF AN
          INTERCOSTAL NERVE
~ ZOO  abbreviation for
       ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN      sug> PARADISE
     id+ increasingly a "SHOW" or
         ENTERTAINMENT FOR INSENSITIVE
     HUMAN MASSES AT THE EXPENSE
     OF  " WILD " BEASTS    sug> BESTIARY
     Dutch  ZOON      = SON
     gr     ZOE         LIFE    sug> ZEUS
            ZAEIN       ANIMAL
            ZOION       idem
            ZOOBLAST    CELL
            ZOOPHAGOUS  CARNIVOROUS
               PHAGEIN  EAT
~ ZOOLOGY   biol> STUDY OF ANIMAL LIFE
~ ZOON      ANIMAL or Dutch for SON
~ ZOONOSIS  biol> med> DISEASES ACQUIRED FROM AN
                       ANIMAL OF ANOTHER SPECIES
~ ZOOS      or ZEUS
~ ZOOSPERM  same as SPERMATOZOON
            in gr   SPERMA = SEED
  ply> | humans are   ZOOPHAGUS     sug> CARNIVORE
         human        ZOOSPERMIA is
         overwhelming ZOOLOGY at the
  cost of other species |

  ~! altseq
     ZOO before ZOMBI
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