Ancient Skies

Constellation Mythology of the Greeks

David Weston Marshall (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2018
Countryman Press Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-68268-211-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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

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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.

Autor

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. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.08.2018
• Zusatzinfo: 75 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Woodstock
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 218 mm
• Gewicht: 450 g
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 1-68268-211-0 / 1682682110
• ISBN-13: 978-1-68268-211-1 / 9781682682111
• Zustand: Neuware