most are just put in for show, but in Lady Hawke, where the two lovers curse that keeps them apart was broken by an eclipse:
and the Eclipse of Thales stopped a war.
a time when there was no day or night. It served as a signal that a time of forgiveness had come and it was now time to break a curse.
The Eclipse of Thales was a solar eclipse that was, according to The Histories of Herodotus, accurately predicted by the Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus. If Herodotus's account is accurate, this eclipse is the earliest recorded as being known in advance of its occurrence. Many historians believe that the predicted eclipse was the solar eclipse of May 28, 585 BC.
No comments:
Post a Comment