The earliest account of a #SummerSolstice line dates from the 3rd century BC and is from `Pseudo-Aristotle`: `From Italy as fas as the country of the #Celts, #Celtoligurians and Iberians, they say there is a road called the `Road of Herakles`, and on this road, the traveller, whether native or Greek, is watched by the neighbouring tribes so that he may receive no injury; for those amongst whom the injury has been done must pay a penalty.` Source: Graham Robb `The Ancient Paths` #Celtic
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The earliest account of this #SummerSolstice line dates from the 3rd century BC and is from `Pseudo-Aristotle`: `From Italy as fas as the country of the #Celts, #Celtoligurians and Iberians, they say there is a road called the `Road of Herakles`, and on this road, the traveller, whether native or Greek, is watched by the neighbouring tribes so that he may receive no injury; for those amongst whom the injury has been done must pay a penalty.` Source: Graham Robb `The Ancient Paths`
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The Heraklean Way, follows the Solstice line of 57.53deg East, as a tangent angle this creates a right angled triangle with ratio 11:7
In decimals this is 1.5717, half of 3.1428
This is as good an approximation of pi than Archimedesβ
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#FairyTaleTuesday: The earliest account of this solstice line dates from the 3rd century BC and is from `Pseudo-Aristotle`: `From Italy as fas as the country of the #Celts, #Celtoligurians and Iberians, they say there is a road called the `Road of Herakles`, and on this road,
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