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According to Greek mythology, Sirius was the dog of the hunter Orion, and the ancient Romans placed the star in the constellation Canis Major (Latin for "Greater dog").

The Romans thus referred to the sweltering period when the rising of the sun and Sirius converged as the "dies caniculares" or "days of the dog star."

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