The era of Aries and Kriophoros statues
Abstract
We discuss the possibility that the great number of ancient Greek statues of Kriophoros (= `ram-bearer') before 1 BC may have been the result of religious influence stemming from the knowledge that the constellation of Aries marked the point of vernal equinox rather than Pisces.
- Publication:
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Astronomical and Astrophysical Transactions
- Pub Date:
- 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012A&AT...27..665T
- Keywords:
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- Constellations;
- zodiacal signs;
- precession;
- vernal equinox;
- sculpture