In this episode, part four of five 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
Intro by Ahsan Irfan of the HistoryTeller podcast
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***Special Guest Episode on Classical Monsters and Popular Culture w/Liz Gloyn***
097 The Road to Peace
096 Athens on the Offensive
095 The Greek World Turned Upside Down
***Special Guest Episode on Being a Modern Homeric Bard w/Joe Goodkin***
***Special Guest Episode on Translating Thucydides’ Speeches w/Johanna Hanink***
094 New Leaders and New Strategies
093 Revolt in the Empire
092 The End of an Era (Part II)
091 Attrition and Plague
090 The Road to War
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089 The Breakdown of Peace
088 Thucydides and Periclean Politics
087 Rhetoric and the Sophists
***Special Guest Episode on Drinking and 'Sportsing' w/Amy Pistone***
085 Mathematics and Early Pythagoreans
084 Pluralists and Other Physiologoi
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