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14 de fev. de 2022 · Ancient Greek Astronomy was the study of the universe to understand how it functioned and why apart from the established theistic model that claimed all things were ordered and maintained by the gods. Ancient Greek astronomers relied on observation and mathematical calculation to determine the operation of the universe and Earth’s ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Astronomy is present from the beginning of Greek literature. In Homer ’s Iliad and Odyssey, stars and constellations are mentioned, including Orion, the Great Bear ( Ursa Major ), Boötes, Sirius, and the Pleiades. More-detailed astronomical knowledge is found in Hesiod ’s Works and Days, from perhaps a generation later than Homer.
Ancient Greek astronomy is the astronomy written in the Greek language during classical antiquity. Greek astronomy is understood to include the Ancient Greek, Hellenistic, Greco-Roman, and late antique eras.
The Ancient Greek philosophers refined astronomy, dragging it from being an observational science, with an element of prediction, into a full-blown theoretical science. The ancient astronomers used astronomy to track time and cycles, for agricultural purposes, as well as adding astrology to their sophisticated observations.
Throughout history civilizations have developed unique systems for ordering and understanding the heavens. Babylonian and Egyptian astronomers developed systems that became the basis for Greek astronomy, while societies in the Americas, China and India developed their own.
9 de abr. de 2021 · Advancing Cultural Astronomy. Chapter. The Stars in Ancient Greece. Robert Hannah. Chapter. First Online: 09 April 2021. 598 Accesses. Part of the book series: Historical & Cultural Astronomy ( (HCA)) Abstract.
The Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical observational device for calculating the movements of the Sun and the Moon, possibly the planets, dates from about 150–100 BC, and was the first ancestor of an astronomical computer.
