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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(the Crab) was the animal which Juno is said to have sent against Hercules, when he contended with the Hydra in the morasses of Lerna, and by which his foot was bitten. The hero, however, killed it, and Juno placed it in the zodiac.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Cancer'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/cancer.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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