Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004asuai...4...29c&link_type=abstract
Astronomia. La rivista dell'Unione Astrofili Italiani (ISSN 0392-2308), N. 4, p. 29 - 33 (luglio-agosto 2004)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Stellar Constellations, Archaeoastronomy
Scientific paper
The Perseus-Andromeda group of constellations is the largest in the sky, yet many other Greek myths have no dedicated star at all. The author interprets the importance given to this myth in terms of its role of providing ethnic identify for the Greeks who created it. An accurate analysis of the myth, also including the etymology of the characters' names, shows how it relates to the past encounter between different culture, which are also described. Archaeological research allows us to guess the celestial situation of the epoch when the myth was transposed to the sky. The cultural heritage of the Perseus myth from its origin to the present its outlined.
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