What can you tell me about Greek astronomy???
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this site has some info  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_astronomy
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Astronomy is................ looking up !
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Astronomy is mostly an observational and descriptive field focusing on sky objects. \nCosmology, is physics applied to the mechanics and functioning of the cosmos. \n\nSo cosmology provides a theoretical background to explain what astronomy sees. \nRoughly, a cartoon would depict an astronomer looking through a telescope, while a cosmologist would be a guy scratching notes on a notepad while using a calculator. Of course, this would be only an approximation. Both use calculators and take notes... \n\n"Astros" derive from "astra", meaning stars. "Cosmos" (the same in greek), means "order, arrangement". And refers to the universe or existence as a whole (including stars, of course).  ;o)\n\nAstronauts and cosmonauts are exactly the same thing. \n\nHope I could clarify it a bit.
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Here you go ... much more info at the links.....\n\nAncient Greece is considered by historians to be the foundation for all cultures of Western Civilization.\n\nPtolemy was the author of several scientific treatises, three of which would be of continuing importance to later Islamic and European science.\n\nCopernicus was one of the great polymaths of the Renaissance. He was a mathematician, astronomer, jurist, physician, classical scholar, governor, administrator, diplomat, economist and soldier. \n\nGalileo Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution.  His achievements include improvements to the telescope, a variety of astronomical observations, and effective support for Copernicanism. \n\nJohannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 – November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and an early writer of science fiction stories.  He is best known for his laws of planetary motion, based on his works Astronomia nova, Harmonice Mundi and the textbook Epitome of Copernican Astronomy.\n\nSir Isaac Newton, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, and natural philosopher, regarded by many as the greatest figure in the history of science.\n\nEdwin Hubble was an American astronomer (1889-1953), who discovered that the further away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away, which led to the conclusion that the universe is expanding.\n\nAlbert Einstein (March 14, 1879 – April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist widely known as one of the greatest physicists of all time.  He formulated the special and general theories of relativity.
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All the Greek culture you can stand ... enjoy!\nhttp://www.crystalinks.com/greekculture.html
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my advice is to look for a history book, but also you can check wikipedia:\n\nGreek mathematics studied before the Hellenistic period refers only to the mathematics of Greece. Greek mathematics studied from the time of the Hellenistic period (from 323 BC) refers to all mathematics of those who wrote in the Greek language, since Greek mathematics was now not only written by Greeks but also non-Greek scholars throughout the Hellenistic world, which was spread across the Eastern end of the Mediterranean. Greek mathematics from this point merged with Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics to give rise to Hellenistic mathematics. Most mathematical texts written in Greek were found in Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, Sicily and Southern Italy.\n\nAlthough the earliest found Greek texts on mathematics were written after the Hellenistic period, many of these are considered to be copies of works written during and before the Hellenistic period. Nevertheless, the dates of Greek mathematics are more certain than the dates of earlier mathematical writing, since a large number of chronologies exist that, overlapping, record events year by year up to the present day. Even so, many dates are uncertain; but the doubt is a matter of decades rather than centuries.\n\nGreek mathematics is thought to have begun with Thales (c. 624—c.546 BC) and Pythagoras (c. 582—c. 507 BC). Although the extent of the influence is disputed, they were probably influenced by the ideas of Egypt, Mesopotamia and less likely[citation needed], India. Thales used geometry to solve problems such as calculating the height of pyramids and the distance of ships from the shore. According to Proclus' commentary on Euclid, Pythagoras stated the Pythagorean theorem and constructed Pythagorean triples algebraically. It is generally conceded that Greek mathematics differed from that of its neighbors in its insistence on axiomatic proofs.[8]\n\nGreek and Hellenistic mathematicians were the first to give a proof for irrational numbers (due to the Pythagoreans), and the first to develop Eudoxus's method of exhaustion, and the Sieve of Eratosthenes for uncovering prime numbers. They took the ad hoc methods of constructing a circle or an ellipse and developed a comprehensive theory of conics; they took many various formulas for areas and volumes and deduced methods to separate the correct from the incorrect and generate general formulas. The first recorded abstract proofs are in Greek, and all extant studies of logic proceed from the methods set down by Aristotle. Euclid, in the Elements, wrote a book that would be used as a mathematics textbook throughout Europe, the Near East and North Africa for almost two thousand years. In addition to the familiar theorems of geometry, such as the Pythagorean theorem, The Elements includes a proof that the square root of two is irrational and that there are infinitely many prime numbers.\n\nSome say the greatest of Greek mathematicians, if not of all time, was Archimedes (287—212 BC) of Syracuse. According to Plutarch, at the age of 75, while drawing mathematical formulas in the dust, he was run through with a spear by a Roman soldier. Roman society has left little evidence of an interest in pure mathematics.\n\n\nEuropean Renaissance mathematics (c. 1200—1600)\n\nIn Europe at the dawn of the Renaissance, most of what is now called school mathematics -- addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and geometry -- was known to educated people, though the notation was cumbersome: Roman numerals and words were used, but no symbols: no plus sign, no equal sign, and no use of x as an unknown. Most of the mathematics now taught at universities was either known only to the mathematical community in India or had yet to be investigated and developed in Europe.\n\nThrough Latin translations of Arabic texts, knowledge of the Hindu-Arabic numerals and other important developments of Islamic and Indian mathematics were brought to Europ
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Look at the website   http://www.heavens-above.com/  \n\nPlug in your location info (bookmark it) and you'll get all the local astronomical information you need.
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this is not a question about astronomy.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy
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Do you mean, HOW did they picture the solar system?  You need to Google "astronomy" and "ancient Greece" and see what you come up with.
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This should tell you everything you need to know:\n\nhttp://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0197622.html  (this is a full list~too many to list here)\n\nhttp://volweb.utk.edu/Schools/sullivan/sullms/gods.htm\nhttp://www.greekmythology.com/\n\nThere is so much~you will have to narrow it down to suit your specific needs.  Good luck~
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try Wikipedia\nthey'll have alot to tell u about the Greek pre-Zeus God of time
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Is that *really* what the Greeks are know for? ;)
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What does this have to do with astronomy?
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This is an easy one. The answers are all within the first 10 pages of The Odyssey. Read it closely and ask yourself these questions:\n\n"What does this story tell me about how this society functioned?"\n\n"How did they communicate and pass down their history?"\n\n"What are some examples of things that were important to believe in during this time and in this society?"\n\nIt's a great story and you can learn much from it. I hope you get something from my answer, but you have to do your homework on your own.
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http://www.venusandherlover.com/Mythology.html\nhttp://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/0195153448/?view=usa\nhttp://www.greekmythology.com/
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For a more detailed discussion, try Wikipedia.  There is applicable information in both the History and Mythology sections.  Happy Star Gazing.
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Try Googling "Ancient Egyptian Astronomy". If you're looking for stuff that old, it may be hard to find. That's prehistory, so it's either unrecorded or still in translation - if they've uncovered anything on the subject.\n\nYou might also try National Geographic's website, and perhaps your local science museum may have something as well.