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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048 Food, Wine, and the Symposium
047 Herakles: From Zero to Hero
046 Monsters and Heroes
045 Music and Victory Odes
044 Democracy under Pericles
043 Imperial Athens
042 The Undeclared War
041 The End of an Era
040 War Hawks and Peace Doves
039 The Greek Counterattack
038 Behind the Wooden Walls
037 Molon Labe
036 The Marathonomachoi
035 The Ionian Revolt
034 Rising Tensions
033 The "Great King" Darius
032 Cambyses
031 Cyrus the Great
030 Herodotus and the Rise of Persia
029 The First Greco-Punic War
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