In a scene in the animated film Hercules, the Fates tell Hades that the planets will align, but only six planets are shown.
Why weren’t there eight?
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Was it because at the time when Hercules was supposed to be around, the Greeks thought there were only 6 planets ?
That’s why. They only knew about six then.
Because when Hercules was set the ancient Greeks had only discovered five planets – Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The sixth planet shown in the clip would be Earth.
Yes, Uranus and Neptune hadn’t yet been discovered.