Month: July 2016

10. mythological tour of the solar system 7: uranus/ouranos

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This week we discuss the story of Ouranos, an early sky god in Greek mythology. Darrin ties it in to Frankenstein and Alison offers some summer reading recommendations for those wanting to geek out on history of astronomy. The cat also makes a guest appearance.

 

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Summer Reading Recommendations

Richard Holmes. “The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science.” Harper Press: 2008.

Richard Cohen. “Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of the Star That Gives Us Life.” Simon & Schuster: 2010.

Source Passages

Hesiod Theogony 116-210.

Translation Sources

Hesiod. Theogony. Trans. Richard Caldwell & Stephanie Nelson. Newburyport MA: Focus Publishing, 2009.

Selected Sources

NASA. “Uranus.” http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/uranus

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9. mythological tour of the solar system 6: saturn/kronos

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Saturn Devouring His  Sons. Francisco Goya circa 1819-1823. Image source: Wikipedia.

img_6482As we travel outwards in the solar system, we travel back in mythological time. This week we learn about Jupiter/Zeus’ father, Saturn/Kronos. The Greek and Roman depictions of him are quite different: Roman mythology emphasizes his agricultural connections and associates him with a Golden Age of mankind, whereas the Greek poet Hesiod depicts him as a tyrant.

 

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Source Passages

Hesiod Theogony 126-138, 158-187, 453-473

Virgil Aeneid 8.415-433

Ovid Metamorphoses 1

Translation Sources

Hesiod. Theogony. Trans. Richard Caldwell & Stephanie Nelson. Newburyport MA: Focus Publishing, 2009.

Ovid. Metamorphoses. Trans. A. D. Melville. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.

Virgil. Aeneid. Trans. Robert Fitzgerald. New York: Vintage Classics, 1990.

Selected Sources

NASA. “Saturn.” http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/saturn

 

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