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That's the canonical version of the story. I wonder if anyone back then, say an armchair astronomer, tried to argue that it was due to the atmosphere, and back
by TheSpiceIsLife 4y ago
That's the canonical version of the story.
I wonder if anyone back then, say an armchair astronomer, tried to argue that it was due to the atmosphere, and backed their argument up by comparing the atmosphere to how a pool of water bends light.
We'll never know.
- dotancohen 4y agoInterestingly enough, modern Greece - so presumably also ancient Greece but I'm not sure - are one of the very few places where the water can be so still and so clear as to appear absolutely transparent. I actually experienced this last October in Greece and I never imaged that seawater could be clearer than bottled spring water.