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Division of night into watches (1)

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In the Odyssey the night is divided into three parts, which was possibly influenced by the Mesopotamian division of the night into three watches.

Homer, Odyssey 12.312 (= Homer, Odyssey 14.483):
… it was the third part of the night, and the stars had turned their course.

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Homer, Odyssey 12.312
Homer, Odyssey 14.483

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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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