Ancient Skies - Constellation Mythology of the Greeks

Tales of the forty-eight classical constellations have captured the human imagination from ancient times to the present. Compiled from literature spanning from Homer to Claudius Ptolemy, with illustrations and star charts reconstructed from ancient sources, Ancient Skies immerses the reader in the world of ancient cosmology and constellation mapping.

Info autore

David W. Marshall, PhD, is a historian and archivist on the faculty of Texas Tech University, with 34 years of experience as a researcher, instructor, professor and archivist. He is the author of Mountain Man: John Colter, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, and the Call of the American West (Countryman Press, 2016). He lives in Lorenzo, Texas. 

Riassunto

Ancient Skies brings the belief systems of the classical world to shining life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David Weston Marshall
• Editore: W. W. Norton & Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 07.09.2018
• EAN: 9781682682111
• ISBN: 978-1-68268-211-1
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 218 mm x 25 mm
• Peso: 450 g
• Illustrazioni: 75 b&w illustrations
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; Viaggi; European History, Ancient Greece, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Astronomy, space & time, Astronomy, space and time, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy