The Attribution of Classical Deities in the Iconography of Guiseppe Piazzi

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Abstract: Giuseppe Piazzi's fame as an astronomer rests on two different but related accomplishments--the discovery of the asteroid Ceres and his star catalogue. The classical deities depicted in paintings and engravings to mark these accomplishments are sometimes misattributed in the scientific literature. Key words: asteroids, planet, star catalogues, Piazzi, art 1 NTRODUCTION Giuseppe Piazzi's discovery of the first dwarf planet, Ceres, in 1801 assured his fame in both popular and scient.