The Story of Eclipses
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, has, moreover, been suggested as that referred to, but thewhole idea seems to me too shadowy.
An eclipse of the Moon took place in the 4th year of the 91st Olympiad, answering to August 27, 413 B. C. , which produced very disastrousconsequences to an Athenian army, owing to the ignorance and incapacityof Nicias, the commander. The army was in Sicily, confronted by aSyracusan army, and having failed, more or less, and sickness havingbroken out, it was decided that the Athenians should embark a...nd quit theisland. Plutarch, in his _Life of Nicias_, says:—“Everything accordinglywas prepared for embarkation, and the enemy paid no attention to thesemovements, because they did not expect them. But in the night therehappened an eclipse of the Moon, at which Nicias and all the rest werestruck with a great panic, either through ignorance or superstition. Asfor an eclipse of the Sun, which happens at the Conjunction, even thecommon people had some idea of its being caused by the interposition ofthe Moon; but they could not easily form a conception, by theinterposition of what body the Moon, when at the full, should suddenlylose her light, and assume such a variety of colours.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, has, moreover, been suggested as that referred to, but thewhole idea seems to me too shadowy.
An eclipse of the Moon took place in the 4th year of the 91st Olympiad, answering to August 27, 413 B. C. , which produced very disastrousconsequences to an Athenian army, owing to the ignorance and incapacityof Nicias, the commander. The army was in Sicily, confronted by aSyracusan army, and having failed, more or less, and sickness havingbroken out, it was decided that the Athenians should embark a...nd quit theisland. Plutarch, in his _Life of Nicias_, says:—“Everything accordinglywas prepared for embarkation, and the enemy paid no attention to thesemovements, because they did not expect them. But in the night therehappened an eclipse of the Moon, at which Nicias and all the rest werestruck with a great panic, either through ignorance or superstition. Asfor an eclipse of the Sun, which happens at the Conjunction, even thecommon people had some idea of its being caused by the interposition ofthe Moon; but they could not easily form a conception, by theinterposition of what body the Moon, when at the full, should suddenlylose her light, and assume such a variety of colours.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George F George Frederick Chambers to read onlineMoreLess
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