Re: CHAT: Visible planets (was: Corpses)
| From: | Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 19:07 |
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On Monday, November 10, 2003, at 10:28 PM, John Cowan wrote:
> Ray Brown scripsit:
>
>> Yes, it seems the ancients generally had the correct insight. Certainly
>> when the days of the week were named this was so. We do never have
>> separate days assigned to Hesperos and Phosphoros - just the one day
>> assigned to Hermes/ Mercury.
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> To Venus, rather.
{blush}
Yep - of course 'tis Venus/ Aphrodite whose day is Friday.
> As I said, Mercury is hard to see,
yes, but the ancients without light-pollution and having more time to
star-gaze had spotted it, assigning the middle day of the week to the
god of the planet. Wednesday is still 'dydd Mercher', "Mercury's day"
in modern Welsh, which is followed by 'nos Mercher', "Mercury's night".
Ray
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