Deciphering Cosmos
Early Greek Efforts to Grasp Celestial Movements
Introduction
From the discovery of Sirius by Egyptian farmers heralding the annual Nile flood to civilizations around the Mediterranean,...
Ionian Revolution
Navigating the Skies with Thales of Miletus
Introduction
In the early migrations around 11th century BCE, many Greeks settled along the Turkish coast, engaging in cultural...
Celestial Views in Ancient Greece
Insights from Homer and Hesiod
Introduction
Homer, renowned for his epic tales of war and long journeys, provides subtle glimpses into the Greek understanding of the...
The Story of Saidjah part 12
An old woman led him to her cottage. She would take care of the piteous fool. His laugh gradually became less horrible, but he...
The Story of Saidjah part 11
He would wait. …
But what if she were ill—dead?
Like a wounded stag he flew along the pathway toward the village. He saw nothing and...
The Story of Saidjah part 10
Saidjah had never learned to pray, and it would have been a pity to teach him: a more devout prayer and a more fervent...
The Story of Saidjah part 9
Who would now be living in her father`s house? Then he thought of his childhood, and his mother, and how the buffalo had saved...
The Story of Saidjah part 8
No, he had sublime visions in his mind`s eye. He looked for the Ketapan tree in the clouds when he was still far from...
The Story of Saidjah part 7
He arrived at Batavia, and asked a certain gentleman to take him into his service, which the gentleman did, because Saidjah spoke no Malay—an...
The Story of Saidjah part 6
Neither on the first nor the second day had he realized how lonely he was, because he was captivated by the grand idea of...
