Angie, thanks for this. It's a good article. (I have notes for a Sirius article, but it remains unwritten thus far.)
But, of course, it's included in
Canis Major - the Greater Dog In a sky full of gods, heroes and wronged women, there are also four dogs. We have Canis Minor and the two dogs of Canes Venatici, but Canis Major is definitely top dog. It's a prominent constellation that has represented a dog from early Greek times.