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The History of Ancient Greece

086 Early Astronomy

The History of Ancient Greece

Ryan Stitt

History, Society & Culture

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, part four of four on a series on Greek philosophy, mathematics, and science in the 5th century BC, we describe the earliest astronomical observations and calculations in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt and their influence on ancient Greek astronomy; the various planets and star constellations found in Greek literature, as well as the origins of the Zodiac; the earliest Greek astronomical speculations of the universe found in Greek mythology (Homer and Hesiod) and in Pre-Socratic philosophy; the Pythagorean model of the universe put forward by Philolaus; and the astronomical calculations made by Oenopides and Meton

Show Notes: http://www.thehistoryofancientgreece.com/2018/12/086-early-astronomy.html

 

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0:00.0

O enthusiasts of Greek history, O purveyors of Greek civilization, before you embark upon your

0:06.7

quest to seek Greek greatness, hear my call. I am an ambassador from the great nation of the Punix, conquerors of Africa and

0:16.9

Iberia, masters of gold and silver, owners of the Western Mediterranean, sons of the great nation of Tyre, loyal subjects

0:29.8

of the descendants of Mago.

0:33.7

I come with the Herald of our great King, Hannibal, the Megonid.

0:39.1

I bear the most petrifying Punic propaganda.

0:43.1

If you do not heed my pontifications

0:45.6

upon this petrifying Punic propaganda,

0:48.8

then be prepared to be putrified

0:51.4

under the pediments of the Punix.

0:54.3

If you do not heed, we shall engulf you in war.

0:58.0

There will be iron, and there will be blood.

1:01.6

To avoid your ghastly fate march on to muster at historytepodcast.com

1:07.4

analyst with the Punic army on iTunes for this most putrefying and petrifying of pontifications upon the propaganda of the Punix or else. So, The You're going to be here. Oh, So, Hello, I'm Ryan Stitt, and welcome back to the history of ancient Greece.

2:27.0

Episode 86, Early Astronomy. Astronomya, or Astronomya or astronomy comes from the Greek words

2:36.0

astronauts or star and nomos or law so that it literally means the laws of the

2:41.6

stars it is the oldest of the natural sciences.

2:44.7

As the earliest civilizations in recorded history, such as the Mesopotamians,

2:48.9

Egyptians, and Greeks, among many others, all performed some sort of structured observations of the night sky.

2:55.0

Although modern astronomy is now often considered to be synonymous with a diverse field of astrophysics,

3:01.0

which is the branch of astronomy concerned with the physical nature of the

3:04.5

stars and other celestial bodies. In the application of laws and theories of physics to the

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