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"translation": "Some say the Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are Jupiter's nursing nymphs, and for this reason they were placed on the world [sky] for our benefit, and were both named Arctos (\"the Bears\"), which we [the Romans] named the Septentriones (\"the Northerners\").",
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