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"Here lie the bodies of Ho and Hi,
Whose fate, though sad, is risible;
Being slain because they could not spy
Th' eclipse which was invisible."
Author unknown
Said to refer to the Chinese eclipse of 2136BC or 2159BC.
"...and the Sun has perished
out of heaven,
and an evil mist hovers over all."
Said to refer to the total solar eclipse of 16 April 1178BC.
From: Homer (Greek), The Odyssey (8th century BC).
"On that day, says the Lord God,
I will make the sun go down at noon
and darken the earth in broad daylight."
Said to refer to the solar eclipse of 15 June 763BC.
From Amos, Chapter 8, verse 9 (Old Testament)
"If the Sun at its rising is like a crescent and wears a crown like the Moon: the king will capture his enemy's land; evil will leave the land, and (the land) will experience good..."
Refers to a solar eclipse of 27 May 669BC.
Rasil the older, Babylonian scribe to the king.
"Zeus, the father of the
Olympic Gods, turned
mid-day into night, hiding the light
of the dazzling Sun;
and sore fear came upon men."
Archilochus (c680-c640 BC), Greek poet
Refers to the total solar eclipse of 6 April 648BC.
"Nothing can be surprising any more or impossible or miraculous, now that Zeus, father of the Olympians has made night out of noonday, hiding the bright sunlight, and...fear has come upon mankind. After this, men can believe anything, expect anything. Don't any of you be surprised in future if land beasts change places with dolphins and go to live in their salty pastures, and get to like the sounding waves of the sea more than the land, while the dolphins prefer the mountains."
May refer to a total solar eclipse of 6 April 648BC.
Archilochus, Greek poet (c680-640 BC)
"Nothing there is beyond hope, nothing that can be sworn impossible, nothing wonderful, since Zeus, father of the Olympians, made night from mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun, and sore fear came upon men."
Archilochus (Greek poet, c680-640 BC)
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