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Homer's Secret Iliad
A very interesting book has been published
by Florence and Kenneth Wood that describes the warriors in the
Catelogue
of Ships of Book 2
of
Homer's Iliad as stars in the heavens.
I have made a few files which can be used together with SkyMap, so
that
one can revive the Greek and Trojan warriors in the sky. The followings
steps need to be done to use the files:
- Get a registrated version SkyMap Pro X from the
web site of SkyMap
- Install SkyMap and use its default directories, don't start
SkyMap yet.
- Extract this ZIP file in the
subdirectory of
SkyMap
programm: C:\Program Files\SkyMap Pro X\Data
- Go with Windows Explorer to the directory: C:\Program
Files\SkyMap
Pro X\Data
- Double click the file homercon.bat and close the window
(this
files
makes the constellation names equal to the names used in Iliad).
- Start SkyMap
- Goto: File -> Preferences -> External
Data
-> Data Catalogs...
- Add...: homergreek.sdc and homertrojan.sdc (all
in
direcotory: C:\Program Files\SkyMap Pro X\Data)
This loads the commanders of the Greek and Trojan regiments. - Click
OK
- Stop and start SkyMap
- Goto: File -> Open... and double click C:\Program
Files\SkyMap
Pro X\Data\homer.smp
- Now you will see the skies as if you see the Catalogue of Ships
from
around
Athens!
- If you want the normal constellation names back:
- Go with Windows Explorer to the directory: C:\Program
Files\SkyMap
Pro X\Data
- Double click the file normalco.bat and close the window
(this
files
makes the constellation names equal to the names used in Iliad).
- Stop and start SkyMap
- If you want the Homer constellations back: Redo steps 4 and 5
and stop
and start SkyMap
It could be that you have/want your files in a different
directory,
then change C:\Program Files\SkyMap Pro X\Data into something
you
have/want.
Some tips how to use SkyMap with Homer:
- To find warriors (stars) in SkyMap use the option Search
-> Deep
Sky Catalog Number... -> Catalog Number -> Type
in the name
- To find places of origin (Constellations) in SkyMap use the
option Search
-> Constellation... -> Type in the name
- If names appear to be overwritten, change the view of the sky by
using
the N (north), E (east), S (south) and W
(west)
keys for a clearer view.
Notes:
The Athenians - Crux and Camelopardus - for more
information see
page 260
and 261 in Homer's Secret Iliad.
The brothers Ascalaphus (eta Tauri) and Ialmenus (27 Tauri) are
placed
in the zodiac because they are the sons of the god Ares.
The files for SkyMap have been made in cooperation with Kenneth
Wood.
Some
small errors in the book have been straighten out in the files.
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