Mäetagused (Aug 2011)

Phaetoni langemine: kreeka-rooma geomüüt meteoriidi mõju mälestuse säilitajana Baieris (Kagu-Saksamaa)

  • Barbara Rappenglück,
  • Michael A. Rappenglück,
  • Kord Ernstson,
  • Werner Mayer,
  • Andreas Neumair,
  • Dirk Sudhaus,
  • Ioannis Liritzis

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48
pp. 7 – 22

Abstract

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Arguing from a critical reading of the text, and scientific evidence on the ground, the authors show that the myth of Phaethon – the delinquent celestial charioteer – remembers the impact of a massive meteorite that hit the Chiemgau region in Bavaria between 2000 and 428 BC.

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