Auriga Constellation from Urania's Mirror Tank Top

Vintage illustration astronomy and antique celestial star chart featuring the constellation Auriga. Auriga is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. In Greek mythology, Auriga is often identified as the mythological Greek hero Erichthonius of Athens, the chthonic son of Hephaestus who was raised by the goddess Athena. Erichthonius was generally credited to be the inventor of the quadriga, the four-horse chariot, which he used in the battle against the usurper Amphictyon, the event that made Erichthonius the king of Athens.