For Greeks stars, planets, the Sun and Earth was very important. We can prove it by reading their scientific works and books. Astronomy was also connected with religion, myths and legends.
In Homer's works "Iliad" and "Odyssey" he mentioned constellations Boötes, Orion and Ursa Major; star clusters Hyades and Pleiades; star Sirius. There was also written several astronomical phenomena like solar eclipse.
One of the ancient Greek myths was that the Earth was flat and was created by the goddess Gaia. They also believed in geocentric Earth model- that Earth was at the center of the universe and the Sun, Moon, planets and stars orbited around. Though not everyone accepted the geocentric model. Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer
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He was the son of Danae and Zeus. They were locked and thrown away to the sea by his grandfather Acrisius. The box didn't sink and floated to the shore of an island. When the box was opened Zeus, Danae and Perseus stepped out to the country that was ruled by Polydectes. The king felt in love with Danae, but she couldn't marry him because she had to take care of Perseus. When Perseus grew up Polydectes sent him to a very dangerous mission- he had to go to the cave of gorgons and cut Mesusa's head and bring back to the king. Polydectes was sure that Perseus would be killed and then Danae would be forced to marry him. In the morning Perseus sang songs to salute the rising sun. The gods were very appreciated and some of them gave him gifts: Athena gave him a shield of polished gold, Hermes gave him a pair of winged sandals and a new-moon sword, hades gave him a helmet. When Perseus entered the cave, he put his helmet that made him invisible, he examined every gorgon with his shield and carefully came to Medusa. He used his moon sword to cut the head of the monster. On his way home, he rescued Andromeda from a sea monster Cetus. Andromeda became his wife and they returned home and stopped the forced marriage of his mother. Polydectes and his wedding guests all turned into stone when they saw Medusa's head. Perseus gave the head to Athena. Perseus became the king of Mycenae. After his death, Perseus got a place among all the constellations
Perseus was born to Danae and the Greek god Zeus. Acrisius, the father of Danae, was told by the oracle of Apollo that Danae’s son would kill him. After finding out that Danae had her son, Perseus, Acrisius shut Perseus and Dane up in a large chest cast the chest out to sea. After a while out in the sea, they landed on the island of Seriphos, where they were saved by the king Polydectes’s brother, Dictys. Polydectes, after hearing about Danae, wanted her to marry him. In order to get rid of Perseus, so that no one would be able to stop him from marrying Danae, Polydectes came up with a plan. He pretended to be marrying the daughter of one of his friends and required everyone to bring him a wedding gift. Polydectes knew that Perseus, being very poor, would arrive empty-handed. Perseus vowed that he could bring Polydectes anything that he wanted and so Polydectes demanded Perseus to bring him the head of the gorgon Medusa, hoping that he would be killed. Perseus set off on his adventure to kill Medusa and while stopping to rest one night in an unknown land, Perseus realized how hopeless the adventure seemed to be. “Gorgons were horrible, instead of hair they had black serpents that writhed on their head, they had brazen hands that could...
The Task, In Perseus the main task that happens is when Perseus a demigod, son of Zeus goes out to capture something special. Perseus sets out on an adventure to kill Medusa and capture her head to bring back as a gift. The hard part is that in one glance eye to eye at Medusa you will automatically turn into stone. Therefore, this was a hard feat to accomplish and it was one that he wanted to fulfill after he told they guy who was going to marry his mom he would bring them Medusa’s head. He laughed at him and that was a sign of determination for Perseus to accomplish his goal
The Hero Perseus is the son of the immortal Zeus and the mortal Danaë. Apart from having clear connections to his divine father Zeus, Perseus is also a descendant of Poseidon, Oceanus, and Tethys. In his lineage, Perseus can be linked to numerous kings and queens of diverse states. In particular, Perseus descended from Acrisius, king of Argos and brother of the King of Tiryns. Further generations include Abas, the founder of the Abantes, as well as connections to Cepheus and Cassipeä, the parents if his future wife, Andromeda. Other kings include Epaphus of Egypt, Minos of Crete, Phineus of Thrace, and
Clarke, Leonard W.‘Greek Astronomy and Its Debt to the Babylonians' The British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 1, No. (Cambridge University Press. 1962)
Perseus as well as saving his mother, married Andromeda and sailed off with her after saving her
Perseus demonstrates courage, motivation by love, and physical strength in his adventure of killing medusa and the great snake. In his first story of killing Medusa, Perseus reveals his courage and physical strength. Perseus takes one swing with his sword and smoothly cuts through Medusa's neck while keeping his eyes on his shield. "With a single sweep of his sword he cut through her neck and, his eyes still fixed on the shield with never a glance at her, he swooped low enough to seize the head"(204). Perseus' action of cutting off Medusa's head with one swing highlights how physically strong he is. Perseus showed much courage by cutting off the head of one of the most feared creatures in mythology. After killing Medusa, Perseus shows his motivation,
The settings are the Grey Sisters Place, some place with Athena, island of the Gorgons, Into the air, and Atlas’s island. The settings are different because it has more than Perseus. The events are that Perseus was sent off the quest, He then gets a lot of gifts after that he goes to see the Grey sisters and steals their eye then goes to see Atlas she gives him the hat of darkness. After that goes to Medusa’s cave and he cuts off Medusa’s head, he escapes Medusa's sisters. The event is different because he has a lot of things to do before going and killing medusa and in the poem Perseus he just got a shield and cut her head.
Perseus grew up to be a strong fearless lad. One day he claimed to King Polydectes, “Oh, Host and Benefactor, I owe you too much gratitude to repay you with the common gift of a horse. I shall bring you the head of Medusa!”(Evslin.110) Perseus set off for his mission, he encountered the gray sisters and the apple nymphs forcing them to give him information about Medusa’s location. Then he went to Medusa with three gifts from the apple nymphs: a sword, a shield, and the Cap of Darkness. Successfully Perseus killed Medusa and while bringing Medusa’s head towards the island of Sephiros. He encountered a sea serpent who was creating trouble by the nearby town of Cepheus. Perseus drew out Medusa’s head and turned the sea serpent into stone. Throughout Perseus’s mission he encountered many obstacles and he handled each challenge in a smart and clever way, unlike King
Hipparchus is thought to be the greatest astronomer of ancient times, but he rejected the heliocentric system of Aristarchus, he did not reject it on a religious opinion, but on a scientific one.
Astronomy is a very important field in science. Ancient Greece, China, and India all contributed to our everyday ideas and uses of astronomy. Ancient Greece was the most influential because the Indian’s based most of their astronomy off of Greece. The Greeks created calendars that were based off of the eclipse cycle, which they called by two different names, Hellenic Calendars and Lunisolar Calendars. Because of Ancient Greece, we now have calendars to keep us on track every day. The Greeks observed a celestial object passing through the eastern and western morning sky. After a long time of observations, they came to a realization that it was a planet and now that is the planet is well known as Venus. (Sarton, 75) Plato and Aristotle’s theories were incredible contributions on us today. Both of their theories were all about the behavior and life of the planets, such as their theory that the earth is spherical. (Sarton, 421). Ancient Greece als...
His own grandfather put him and Danae, his mom, in a box and threw him into the sea when he was a baby! He accidentally killed his grandfather, Acrisius, when a he threw a flying discuss and the wind took it. He was participating in athletic games. The disc knocked directly into his head, but since he was older this just killed him. However, by killing Acrisius, Perseus was fulfilling a prophecy given before he was born. Everyone knows you can not interfere with a prophecy. According to http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/perseus/p/Perseus.htm since Perseus had killed his grandfather, he felt bad about reigning in his place. So, he went to the Tiryns where he found the ruler, Megapenthes was willing to exchange kingdoms. Megapenthes took Argos, and Perseus, Tiryns. Eventually Perseus was killed by Megapenthes(son of Proteus, Perseus’ half-brother). He didn’t have an unusual death like most heroes do, but that’s not what makes a hero. He was placed in the stars as a constellation. Now hopefully you understand why Perseus would be considered one of the best greek heroes.
Introduction Perseus, son of Zeus, was one of the many demigod heroes of Greek mythology. While best known for slaying Medusa and using her head to turn his enemies to stone, he also married Andromeda, saved his mother Danaë, and ruled over Argos, one of the city-states of Ancient Greece. Because of all the great things he accomplished, Zeus placed Perseus and his wife Andromeda up in the sky as constellations (1). The reason why I picked the constellation Perseus is a bit less highbrow, however.
Perseus, in the original Greek myth, was the son of Danae and the powerful Greek god Zeus. Danae was
Hades shows himself to Perseus and with the rage of what Hades has done to Perseus, Perseus grabs a lighnting bolt from his sword and throws it at Hades sending him back to the underworld. Saving Andromeda and she offered to make him king and he had refused. Zeus asked if he wanted to join him in Olympus but refused and requested to stay a demi-god but Zeus granted him Io as a companion. In the story according to the Greeks Danae is the daughter of King Acrisius. When he had them put in a box and thrown into the ocean and saved by the fisherman named Dictys they both were still alive and Danae ended up falling in love with Dictys and they were married. Dictys’ brother King Polydectes wanted to take Danae as his wife, Perseus hearing the news he offered to pay any price for his mother not to marry King Polydectes. Sense Polydectes was afraid of Perseus he quickly made an offer that he will allow his mother to stay married to Dictys, only if he brings back the head of Medusa. Bravely, Perseus accepted his