Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

Sappho's 'Midnight Poem' describes a star cluster ... to early Greek astronomy as well as to Greek society at large," Cuntz said. "Not many ancient poets comment on astronomical observations ...