Legend of Greece
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
In Spain, Apollonius, for the first time, saw the mighty swell of the Atlantic, and was first to connect the changing tides with the phases of the moon. He also noted the phenomenon, known to all who dwell by the sea that the souls of the dying linger in their bodies until the turn of the tide. He was first to correct the idea that Mount Etna, in Sicily, held a captive giant who belched eruptions. He rejected that fallacy, ...Legend of Greece