Constellation Myths : with Aratus's 'Phaenomena' /
The constellations we recognize today were first mapped by the ancient Greeks, who arranged the stars into patterns for that purpose. In the third century BC Eratosthenes compiled a handbook of astral mythology in which the constellations were associated with figures from legend, and myths were prov...
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| Language: | English Ancient Greek |
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Oxford [U.K.] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Series: | Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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