Generations have delighted in this guide to the myths and legends surrounding stars and constellations. Captivating retellings of the origins and histories of the ancient star groups include stories of Pegasus, Ursa Major, the Pleiades, the signs of the zodiac, and other constellations. "Classic." — Sky & Telescope. 58 illustrations.
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This review is from: Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts (Dover Books on Astronomy) (Paperback)
Excellent book for midnight stargazers and serious astrologers alike.Eventhough,this book is a reprint of the 1898 edition,it's an amazing astronomic masterpiece.I think the original type-set,images and print-plates are the best.The illustrations and photographs add scope and depth to the histories of the constellation origins.The one thing a didn't like about the book was that there were no annotations or footnotes listed.I felt that Olcott's writing was credible,yet the footnotes would have given the book vindication from doubt.The bibliograghy has a complete listing of authors discussed ,but no page numbers or chapters listed.Quite extensive stellar literary and star poetic quotations provided,that may have been overlooked by fellow enthusiasts of Shakespeare,Shelley ,Ovid and others.All the proto countries of the classical world had some fable tale to recount the origins of the star groups and constellation clusters.Whether they be animals,mythic or real,and that of the supreme gods or lesser deities.These bucolic narrations were hand-down through the generations and are still a source of cosmic inspiration today.Not only for the great sculptural artists of ancient Greece and the Renaissance,yet for countless global scientists of modernity.And this celestial classic will continue to inspire and captivate everyone to explore the vast vaults of the firmament.
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A Reference Work,
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This review is from: Star Lore: Myths, Legends, and Facts (Dover Books on Astronomy) (Paperback)
This is not a casual read. Largely an amalgamation of excerpts and references to other works, at times "Star Lore" reads more like a detailed notebook to a classroom lecture than a source in it's own right. It seems a fine place to start researching your dissertation on the origins of astronomical nomenclature. If you desire a more anecdotal read on the subject, look elsewhere.
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Star Lore of All Ages is beyond fascinating-it is the Alpha and Omega!
A fanatical reader, I have found no better book on Constellation history. The sage Olcott's information is brilliantly, exhaustively presented. One's neurons gratefully sparkle, like The Perseids on a moonless night! Star Lore's old-fashioned illustrations are copious, illuminating and revelatory. Get this book! It should be a revered reference in every passionate star-gazer's library. I plan to buy everything the erudite Olcott has written.
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- Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth by Giorgio de Santillana on page 255, page 280, and Back Matter
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- Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship by William Tyler Olcott in Front Matter
- Sun Lore of All Ages: A Collection of Myths and Legends Concerning the Sun and Its Worship by William Tyler Olcott in Front Matter
- Man's Spiritual Contact With the Landscape by Stephen F. Hamblin in Back Matter
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