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1. The Myth of Alpheus and Arethusa and Open-Sea Voyages on the Mediterranean—Stellar Navigation in Antiquity.

Author

Bili, Tomislav

Subjects
*MYTH, *ALPHEUS, *NAVIGATION, *SAILING, *BOATBUILDING, *ANTIQUITIES, *VOYAGES & travels
Abstract

The article offers a new interpretation of the Greek myth of Alpheus and Arethusa, which it is believed emerged as a description of latitude-sailing between the Peloponnese and Sicily during the Bronze Age. The author discusses the stars which could have assisted navigation on this route. This is followed by a discussion on the ancient practice of determining latitude by observing the altitude of the lower culmination of the last circumpolar star. Some sea-routes are suggested which could have been traversed using the latitude-sailing technique, and the stars that could have been used as navigation aids on such voyages. © 2008 The Author [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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2. The Myth of Alpheus and Arethusa and Open-Sea Voyages on the Mediterranean-Stellar Navigation in Antiquity

Author

Tomislav Bilić

Subjects
Mediterranean climate, Archeology, History, Paleontology, Mythology, Circumpolar star, Ancient history, Oceanography, Archaeology, Culmination, Bronze Age, Open sea, stars, navigation, latitude sailing, Alpheus, Arethusa
Abstract

The article offers a new interpretation of the Greek myth of Alpheus and Arethusa, which it is believed emerged as a description of latitude-sailing between the Peloponnese and Sicily during the Bronze Age. The author discusses the stars which could have assisted navigation on this route. This is followed by a discussion on the ancient practice of determining latitude by observing the altitude of the lower culmination of the last circumpolar star. Some sea-routes are suggested which could have been traversed using the latitude-sailing technique, and the stars that could have been used as navigation aids on such voyages.

Published
2009

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