In ancient Mesopotamian constellations Leo was represented as a lion as early as the late second millennium bce. The Greeks linked Leo with the Nemean lion slain by the hero Heracles as one of his 12 Labors. Leo was also identified with the lioness whose appearance led to the tragic deaths of the lovers Pyramus and Thisbe.
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