Scientists use stars to date 2,500 year-old poem
Scientists from the University of Texas have used advanced astronomical software to accurately date poet Sappho's "Midnight Poem," which describes the night sky over Greece more than 2,500 years ago. Using the references in Sappho's poem, scientists recreated the night sky of the Greek isle on Lesbos from 570 BC to determine the season in which the poem was written.