7- Stories from the Universe

In our final instalment of space-themed episodes, we wrap up with some other constellation stories! Orion, Draco, Callisto and the Pleiades take centre stage in the stories today. Along the way, we will have cameos from Gaia, prophecies, Artemis and our first reference to a Minos of Crete! Unfortunately, we'll also see Orion take a page out of Zeus' reprehensible book... Sources for this episode: Cohen, K.M., Finney, S.C., Gibbard, P.L. & Fan, J.-X. (2013; updated) The ICS International Chronostratigraphic Chart. Episodes 36: 199-204. D’Huy, J. (2016), The Evolution of Myths. Scientific America 315(6): 62-69. Evelyn-White, H. G. (1943), Hesiod: The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. London: William Heinemann Ltd. Fricke, D. G. (1970), Tennyson’s “The Hesperides”: East of Eden and Variations on the Theme. Tennyson Research Bulletin 1(4): 99-103. Geballe, T. R. (1979), The Central Parsec of the Galaxy. Scientific American 241(1): 60-71. Norris, R., Phys.org (2020), The world’s oldest story? Astronomers say global myths about ‘seven sisters’ may reach back 100,000 years (online) [Accessed 24/10/2023]. Norris, R. P. and Norris, B. R. M. (pre-print, date unknown), Why are there Seven Sisters? Overly Sarcastic Productions, YouTube (2023), Legends Summarized: The Epic of Gilgamesh (online) [Accessed 24/10/2023]. Postgate, J. (2003), The ultimate survivors. Nature Medicine 9(6): 639. Worthen, T. D. (1995), The Pleiades and Hesperides: Finding Parity with an Astronomical Key. Vistas in Astronomy 39: 539-545. Author unknown (1888), The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: And With the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, By His Majesty's Special Command. Oxford: Oxford University Press.