"Mars has long exerted a pull on the……" — John Updike

Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically… - John Updike
"Mars has long exerted a pull on the human imagination. The erratically moving red star in the sky was seen as sinister or violent by the ancients: The Greeks identified it with Ares, the god of war; the Babylonians named it after Nergal, god of the underworld. To the ancient Chinese, it was Ying-huo, the fire planet."

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