Secret of Delphi Found in Ancient Text

[emad]

Researchers at the University of Leicester have unravelled a 2,700 year old mystery concerning The Oracle of Delphi – by consulting an ancient farmer’s manual.

The researchers from the School of Archaeology and Ancient History sought to explain how people from across Greece came to consult with the Oracle – a hotline to the god Apollo- on a particular day of the year even though there was no common calendar.

Now their findings, published in this month’s edition of the journal Antiquity, suggests celestial signs observed by farmers could also have determined the rituals associated with Apollo Delphinios

Postgraduate student Alun Salt said: “The manual, Works and Days by Hesiod, dating to the eight century BC, describes the right time to plant crops or harvest by observing a variety of signs. One particular event he frequently looked for was the heliacal rising of a star, its first appearance that year in the morning sky.
http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/physik_astronomie/bericht-49251.html

[Octafish]

1. The Constellation Delphi!

Delphini, the Dolphin.



http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/delphinus.html

How cool the ancient astronomy is, emad! Thanks!