The Odyssey astronomically accurate?


	The Odyssey astronomically accurate?

wildcat

6-23-2008 8:14 PM

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      <I> The Odyssey</I>—the ancient Greek epic of a king’s long seafaring struggle to get home as he battles or outwits monsters.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.world-science.net/img/58CE9B49-102A-401D-BEEF-B656403A215B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey"><DIV>
      Now, scientists say some of the celestial events mentioned in the tale might be accurate, raising the possibility that the 
      story has more truth than suspected.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey"><DIV>
      The researchers studied possible references to astronomical events in the poem, and matched them with calculations showing the order in which these must really have occurred. The match was excellent, the investigators say. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey"><DIV>
      The catch: some of the poem’s purported astronomical references are symbolic only.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/080623_odyssey"><DIV>
      Among countless disputed details about the story, not the least whether it is all attributable to the poet Homer, is whether King Odysseus returns home to a total solar eclipse. The poet tells of a terrifying “night” in which the sun is “blotted out of the sky” on this day.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9B0AAD88-969F-498C-B64C-E3F9D058C412/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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