Great Beasts of Legend: Beasts in the Night Sky: The Constellation Myths of Greece and Rome
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2017
- Dr. Patrick Glauthier, Department of Classical Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Cetus the Sea-monster - there's no shortage of mythical animals among the constellations of ancient Greece and Rome. But why do such creatures populate the heavens in the first place? And what did they mean to the societies that first identified and named them? Although it can be hard for us to clearly identify two Bears circling up above, the ancient imagination saw animalistic drama and intrigue all over the night sky, and the particulars of these narratives were often felt to impact life on earth. This talk will explore the history of some of these constellations, their representations in ancient art and literature, and their role in ancient Greco-Roman society more broadly.
This is seriously one of the best lectures I've ever watched! The speaker's knowledge, enthusiasm, and delivery are all exceptional =)
The audio is poor, which is a shame as this is an interesting talk.
The problem was probably recording the sound with the camera microphone instead of being recorded directly from the stand microphone.
Stephanie Wilson The tension he speaks of is a recent phenomena, that the ancients were not privy to. There is no need for right and left brain to be in "tension" unless you just like being frustrated.
It is not a movie 🎥
You guys have serious, ongoing audio issues. Really, with all that brainpower hanging around? Seems like it could be done right, it's not 1972. Too bad, I've been enjoying this series.
i agree... if you get the chance refer to the comedian norman collier and his microphone issues... it will give you some idea r.e uclan (in lancashire) which, as you say, with all that educated brain matter around you'd think the idiots would be able to get their message across... as with you i am enjoying the lectures.. any idea if there are any other universities which produce lectures on these themes? it would seem penn only does this on such a large scale...
Check out the videos from the Oriental Institute at Chicago University. I'm not as fond of the content there but they do have some good stuff.
i thank you.
the big dipper spins round the star polaris once every 24 hours...this is the origins of the swastica symbol.... Good video ;-)
more info... any lectures on such a theme???
Isn't it the little Dipper that you're referring to?
I thought it was the symbol of The sun? No?
For anyone put off by the audio: I was able to make it more bearable by turning my volume down and skipping the speaker introduction. The actual speaker is much quieter and clearer than the person introducing him!
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I watched this enjoy. TY
A very interesting talk indeed
Audio improves just a few min into the video. Very interesting content. Thx, well done.
Thank you for this information. It's good to know how these constellations got and/or changed their names, symbols and stories. Yes, a part of Ophiuchus does go through the sun's ecliptic so it is, in some astrologer's view, the 13th sign of the zodiac. I noticed that Aries, didn't however, go through the sun's ecliptic and was about as far away from the sun's ecliptic as the Cetus constellation so one would think, Cetus, being one of the largest constellations, would deserve a spot in there as one of the zodiac signs. Nonetheless, when an astrologer talks about the energies of the constellation Aries, I reckon they are, without realising it, really incorporating the energies of the constellations Andromeda, Triangulum and Cetus. But just throwing that possibility out there. Same with the other zodiac signs - they're probably also taking in the energies of other constellations near them and that effects the individual of a certain zodiac sign.
Great info just have to adjust sound
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The images, contours are also visible on Google earth. You can find the outlines, like from Hercules, Big Bear and Little Bear and many more. So the sky pics mirror the earth features and are for easier navigation, denoting land and sea features. Stars do correspond with earth features as well, like Milky Way with Mariana Trench and Orion's belt with Giza and so on.
Given that Pleiades (the 7 sisters) is 75,000 years old, and that Orion, the big dipper and the plow are part of the Cosmic Hunt and dates back to at least 40,000 years... No. The earliest constellations of the zodiac do not from the middle east. Zodiacs and constellations existed before.
The Sun is not a wondering star. Its movement is easy to calculate. In 1200 bc, the pole star is just over 17 degrees away from true North. There is, at the time of the Trojan War, no North Star.
Yes, check out Ptolemy, Claudius (100, to 170 AD)
The speaker seems unorganized and unpracticed. I really wanted to hear the information, but I couldn't stand the poor presentation. The audio issues are very annoying.
Jesus christ the first couple minutes of this may be the worst audio quality on all of RUclips. Did yall record it as a midi file and then microwave it or something?????
oy gewalt, why are you all doing this inside a jet fighter???
The constellations aren't from imaginery before the imaginary from the Renaissance, firstly when the Egyptians saw them and transimetted their draws as we can see here : @
That was unfortunately hard to listen to. Poor audio
The presenter fails to consider the Mesopotamian myths behind the Mesopotamian zodiacal signs. The Scorpion is like the Scorpion men (from Mesopotamian myths) originally created by Tiamat (Babylonian name of Ummu-Hubur, "mother sea who formed all things") to destroy the noisy gods. Consider the Greek myth attached to Orion the Hunter (Aramaic: Nephila / Giant) killing all the animals and the Earth Mother sending a Scorpion to kill him. Just an example of a connection missed by the presenter when he says Hellenistic Greeks made up constellation tales from "whole cloth", or from "no basis in fact or reality".
The hair will be much more then out of hand the bunny / k9 or were wolf . Rabbits have 🐇~ • TAIL and this is not a crab 🦞🦐🦑 no no [🦀] . Sorry now is cetus is the king ? So is the monster the smart and good looking one ! Have you ever looked at the images used ? Not many ever do . It is insulting the heavens gifts to one that looks . Take a long look at then images an see what i mean . Good day .
Got plans? Nah not really, just gonna go stand on a lion for a bit i think 🤷
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why do all your lecturers smack their lips loudly..???????? is this an american trait r.e how to give a lecture.. if i was a junkie i'd be well irritated..