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Hello, There's been an article about the Greeks sighting Halley's Comet in the 5th century BC. http://www.decodingtheheavens.com/blog/post/2010/09/08/Halley-and-the-ancient-Greeks.aspx http://journalofcosmology.com/AncientAstronomy106.html "Graham and Hintz knew that 467/6 BC corresponded roughly with an expected pass of Halley's comet so they modelled the exact path that the comet would have taken, and compared it to all of the details they could find in ancient accounts, for example that the object was in the western sky when the meteorite fell, and was surrounded by shooting stars." This seems to be a one off project, using mathematical models of orbital dynamics (physics/astronomy) and ancient texts (classics) Would you consider this an example of Digital Classics? Robert Barron Enterprise Management Specialist - IBM Israel http://classicarete.blogspot.com