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A review by eleyes
Ancient Skies: Constellation Mythology of the Greeks by David Weston Marshall
3.0
Listened to the audiobook.
The first half was a descriptive telling of the 48 classic constellations, which is exactly what I was after. I probably would have benefitted from looking at a map to accompany the physical descriptions and placements in the sky, but knowing the myths behind the names was my main interest.
Part 2 (Chapters 7-10) turned into a mundane history of sailing and nautical navigation with occasional references to the star groups previously mentioned. The biggest distraction being every time the narrator said the word "sea men" I had to visualize the spelling to stop myself from chuckling aloud.
The first half was a descriptive telling of the 48 classic constellations, which is exactly what I was after. I probably would have benefitted from looking at a map to accompany the physical descriptions and placements in the sky, but knowing the myths behind the names was my main interest.
Part 2 (Chapters 7-10) turned into a mundane history of sailing and nautical navigation with occasional references to the star groups previously mentioned. The biggest distraction being every time the narrator said the word "sea men" I had to visualize the spelling to stop myself from chuckling aloud.