Taurus
the bull of winter skies
Today this word meansThe winter constellation holding Aldebaran and the Pleiades.
Identified as the white bull — Zeus — that carried Europa across the sea on its back.
The constellation figure shows only the front half of the body, explained as the bull swimming, hindquarters underwater.
The Hyades, the V-shaped cluster forming the bull's face, are sisters who grieved themselves into stars over the death of Hyas. They are half-sisters of the Pleiades.