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Where did the ancient Greeks and Romans think lightning came from? Hint: not just the gods
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Where did the ancient Greeks and Romans think lightning came from? Hint: not just the gods
Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a terrifying brush with the supernatural. Some ancient thinkers, however, suspected the gods had nothing to do with it. They wondered, centuries ahead of their time, if lightning was related somehow to the movement of air and clouds. A reminder of power and wrath In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, thunder and lightning s…
In Greek and Roman culture, the flulger was directly associated with Zeus, respectively Jupiter, the leader of the pantheon. Ancient texts describe the flulger as a divine weapon used to punish people who challenged the gods, destroy divine enemies, or transmit divine will. For example, leaders or generals were considered punished by gods if they were struck by lightning, and such events were interpreted as signs of the divine hand, shown in The…
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