- Star Tales - Aquila (ianridpath.com)
Aquila represents an eagle, the thunderbird of the Greeks. The constellation’s name in Greek was Ἀετός, i.e. Aetos, meaning eagle. There are several explanations for the presence of this eagle in the sky. In Greek and Roman mythology, the eagle was the bird of Zeus, carrying (and retrieving) the thunderbolts which the wrathful god hurled at his enemies. But the eagle was involved in love as well as war.
- Mirach (stars.astro.illinois.edu)
MIRACH (Beta Andromedae). Andromeda’s three brightest stars, Alpheratz, Mirach, and Almach, lie along a graceful curve that extends to the northeast of the Great Square of Pegasus (Alpheratz part of the Square itself).
