Ancient Explanations of Static?

by EaglesPhan5-0

Ancient people used mythology to explain the things they didn't understand in nature. However I don't think I've seen anything on how ancient people viewed static electricity/static shocks. Surely they must have experienced them like we do. How did they rationalize them?

Iphikrates

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