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Portents of shooting stars (3)

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05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore



 		Keywords
astrology
Greece
omens
stars
Period
Greek Archaic Age 		Channel
Greek poets

Text
Homer, Iliad 4.75-84:
Even in such wise as the son of crooked-counselling Kronos sendeth a star to be a portent for seamen or for a wide host of warriors, a gleaming star, and therefrom the sparks fly thick; even so darted Pallas Athene to earth, and down she leapt into the midst; and amazement came upon all that beheld, on horse-taming Trojans and well-greaved Achaeans; and thus would a man say with a glance at his neighbour: Verily shall we again have evil war and the dread din of battle, or else friendship is set amid the hosts by Zeus, who is for men the dispenser of battle. So would many a one of Achaeans and Trojans speak.

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Homer, Iliad 4.75-84

Bibliography

West 1997, 49West, Martin L. The East Face of Helicon. West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1997.

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Cf. Portents of shooting stars (1)
Cf. Portents of shooting stars (2)

Amar Annus


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