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History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present time

Note 34 — Chapter I · Earliest Stages of Astronomy.

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Achilles Tatius (

Uranol.

pp. 135, 136), gives the Grecian and Egyptian names of the planets.

Egyptian. Greek.

Saturn Νεμεσέως Κρόνου ἀστὴρ φαίνων

Jupiter Ὀσίριδος Δῖος φαέθων

MarsἩρακλεοῦςἈρέοςπυρόεις

VenusἈφροδίτηςἑώσφορος

MercuryἈπόλλωνοςἙρμοῦστίλβων

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