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Homer and astronomy
28Jun08
Constantino Baikouzis and Marcelo O. Magnasco have argued that the individual who described the killing of the suitors in the Odyssey (whom we know as Homer) has situated his story at a particular date, or rather at a specific moment in time, viz. a particular solar eclipse. I give you the authors’ abstract: ”Plutarch and Heraclitus believed a certain passage in [...]
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The few bits of sculpture that remain in situ on the Parthenon should be moved to the new Akropolis Museum, is the advice of a senior Greek archaeologist, because air pollution threatens their survival. For a full report, go to: http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2305014,00.html . Intriguing is the remark that part of what remains is in ” a sorry [...]
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