in antiquity, a dance performed yearly by the young Athenians around the temple of Apollo, on the day of the Delia. The motions and figures of this dance were very intricate, and variously interwoven; some of them being intended to express the windings of the labyrinth wherein the minotaur was killed by Theseus.

in Astronomy, a southern constellation, not visible in our latitude. The number of stars in this constellation, according to Mr Sharp's Catalogue, is 13.

See ARDEA, ORNITHOLOGY Index.