Leo (constellation) thus, the warriors' clubs, swords, and spears were rendered useless against it. Realizing that he must defeat the Lion with his bare hands, Hercules slipped into the Lion's cave and engaged it at close quarters. When the Lion pounced, Hercules caught it in midair, one hand grasping the Lion's forelegs and the other its hind legs, and bent it backwards, breaking its back and freeing the trapped maidens. Zeus commemorated this labor by placing the Lion in the sky. The Roman poet Ovid called it "Herculeus Leo" and "Violentus Leo". "Bacchi Sidus" (star of Bacchus) was another of its titles,
Ophiuchus (astrology) Japan in 1996, Berg's system has since been comparatively widespread in Japanese pop culture, appearing for example in the "Final Fantasy" video game series and the manga and anime series "GetBackers", "Fairy Tail" , "Saint Seiya", and "Starry Sky". In Andrew Hussie's "Homestuck" the character Caliborn is associated with this sign. Ophiuchus (astrology) Ophiuchus (⛎) () has sometimes been used in sidereal astrology as a thirteenth sign in addition to the twelve signs of the tropical Zodiac, because the eponymous constellation "Ophiuchus" ( "Serpent-bearer"), as defined by the 1930 International Astronomical Union's constellation boundaries, is situated behind the sun from