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5. Homer the Mathematician
A major advance in our study of Homer’s Odyssey as a source of astronomical learning was analysis of the considerable numerical data embedded throughout the epic. This data is directly related not only to the construction of a luni-solar calendar … Continue reading →
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Homer the Astronomer ... 'wisest of all the Greeks' 