They interpret a poetic statement about the sun as referring to an eclipse, and then yet another statement about the god Hermes as referring to a particular position of Mercury.
I hate it when people try to reduce literature to some kind of secret code for other events, and just by coincidence, they happen to be the sort of events we can observe or calculate today.
What does weapons research have to do with my comment?
I would rather see my tax money go to things like Alzheimer's/cancer research and public health measures.
I'm not against people researching stuff like the eclipse in the Odyssey for fun, but it shouldn't be publicly funded, especially when the premise of the paper makes so little sense.
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=homers-odyssey-may-docum...
They interpret a poetic statement about the sun as referring to an eclipse, and then yet another statement about the god Hermes as referring to a particular position of Mercury.
I hate it when people try to reduce literature to some kind of secret code for other events, and just by coincidence, they happen to be the sort of events we can observe or calculate today.