The temple of Serapis at canopus in Strabo's time was thronged by patients of the noblest rank, and was famous for its miraculous cures.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Hadrian, of course, had the gods of the Nile in the canopus of his cosmopolitan villa at Tibur.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
Two stars in the southern hemisphere, invisible in these latitudes, termed a Centauri and canopus, are nearly as bright as Vega and Capella, but not quite as bright as Arcturus.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball