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IT seems worthy of notice that the prophetic genius of Homer has already not only identified but even given names to the two satellites of Mars. I allude, of course, to the passage in the fifteenth book of the Iliad, where Ares is preparing to descend to the earth (possibly this refers to an unusually near approach at opposition, as at the present time):—
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MADAN, H. The Satellites of Mars. Nature 16, 475 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016475b0
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