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Iliad and Mul Apin (1)

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Achilles
divisions
universe
Period
Greek Archaic Age
Neo-Assyrian Empire 		Channel
Greek poets

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In the first line of the description of Achilles’ shield earth, heaven, and sea correspond to the three Mesopotamian gods Enlil, Anu, and Ea, after whom the three ‘paths’ of the first star catalogue in Mul Apin are named.

Homer, Iliad 18.483:
On it he fashioned the earth, the heaven, and the sea.

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Homer, Iliad 18.483

Bibliography

Pingree 1998, 129Pingree, David. “Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens.” In: S. Dalley (ed.). The Legacy of Mesopotamia. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1998, 125-137.

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Cf. Moon and Sun in balance (1)
Cf. The Mesopotamian ominous constellations mentioned in Iliad (1)
Cf. The order of constellations (1)
Cf. Ursa Major the Wagon (1)

Amar Annus


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Fig. 1: A hypothetical diagram of the shield of Achilles, based on Homer’s description in Iliad 18.

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