Laelaps : was destined to catch whatever he chased, but he was put in pursuit of a vixen destined never to be caught...........
Maera : was Icarius's faithful dog who committed suicide by jumping into a well to join his murdered master. Icarius became the constellation Bootes, his daughter Erigone became Virgo, and Maera became the star Procyon which rises in July just before the Dog star.
Xanthippus's Dog : was so faithful that it swam alongside its master's ship all the way to the Greek island of Salamis when the Athenians fled there for safety in 480 A.D.http://dogalogueofraj.blogspot.com
Maera : was Icarius's faithful dog who committed suicide by jumping into a well to join his murdered master. Icarius became the constellation Bootes, his daughter Erigone became Virgo, and Maera became the star Procyon which rises in July just before the Dog star.
Xanthippus's Dog : was so faithful that it swam alongside its master's ship all the way to the Greek island of Salamis when the Athenians fled there for safety in 480 A.D.http://dogalogueofraj.blogspot.com
