#ancientgreece — Public Fediverse posts

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

⏱️ NEW: #Ctesibius, a Greek inventor of the 3rd century BCE, turned the ancient #clepsydra into an automated #water clock.

A feeding reservoir steadied the flow, while a siphon reset the cycle each day and a floating marker tracked daylight hours. It beat every clock on #Earth until 1656, when the pendulum arrived.

👉 https://www.openculture.com/2026/09/the-ancient-greek-water-clock-that-kept-the-most-accurate-time-for-1800-years.html

#ancientgreece #greece #history #science #invention #engineering #automation #technology #tech

✨New Episode - You Are Odysseus with GreekMythComix✨

We chat with Laura Jenkinson-Brown about her amazing book ‘You Are Odysseus’ which shakes up Homer’s epic poem by placing the reader in the centre of the story and all its complexities.

For a chance to explore the different myths connected with Odysseus, this is an interactive reading adventure without compare!

#AncientGreece #Odysseus #Odyssey #Podcast

Listen in now! https://partialhistorians.com/2026/09/10/special-episode-you-are-odysseus-with-laura-jenkinson-brown/

As mentioned before, the topic of historical games is currently reorganized on our #wiki. And that line of work brought us the latest subpage, a transcription of a #publicDomain article "Musical Games of Antiquity" by J. F. Rowbotham from 1899:

http://musicgames.wikidot.com/source:rowbotham-musical-games-of-antiquity

The central activity in the text is "The Cottabos" consisting of throwing wine to a cup and listening to the sound...

If you see any flaws on the page you'll need to say here -- "sources" category is editable only for moderators.
Suggestions always welcome! :)

#ethnomusicology #musicHistory #ancientGreece

Lentes plano-convexas de cuarzo encontradas en el templo de Atenea de Ialisos, Rodas, y datadas del 750-700 a.C. Producen en torno a 10 aumentos con distorsiones y un campo de visión limitado pero, aún así, capaces de mostrar detalles no distinguibles sin ellas. Posiblemente, aquellas de mejor calidad facilitaban a los artesanos trabajar en miniaturas más finas. 📷Georgia Tsouvala et al., 2024 #antiguagrecia #ancientgreece #herramientas #tools

Athletic events at the #Panathenaia were held in three age categories: boys from 12-16 years of age, ephebes / youths of 16-20 years and men over 20. Today, on day 3 of the Panathenaia, the athletic competitions for the men would have been held. This year is a year of the "Lesser Panathenaia" or Panathenaia ta Mikra, so I am not certain how long the Games were during the Lesser Panathenaia. Since it's still a 7 day event, maybe the competitors were just from Athens?

#ancientGreece #paganism

The Reality of Dreams

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Dimitar-Alekseev-Dimitrov/author/B09NBZDC9S?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=36146abe-59bc-436f-bfaf-90f69f895915
#alien #aliens #ancienthistory #ancientegypt #ancientcivilizations #ancientindia #ancientmesopotamia #ancientwisdom #ancientgreece #atlantis #anunnaki #baalbek #celticculture #celts #celticgods #dilmun #dumuzi #enki #enlil #eridu #greatpyramid #gizapyramids #giza #pyramidsofegypt #egyptianpyramids #egypt #gunungpadang #lemuria #Osiris #Seth #isis #egyptiangods #kukulkan #quetzalcoatl #viracocha #incas #aztec #aztechistory #aztecgods #mayans

An 1896 video from the first Olympic Games has been unearthed. It's absolutely stunning to behold.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/first-olympics-1986-video-footage

#Books shipping to new homes this morning.

#BookSelling #bookstodon #rabelais #french #humanism ##religion #judaica #chassidic #mysticism #iamblichus #philosophy #AncientGreece #JoeSunpool #NativeAmerican #DonWilcox

Congratulations to James Romm (Bard College), who has been awarded a $50,000 "Public Scholars" grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities for "Plato and the Tyrant: The Project that Wrecked a City and Shaped a Philosophic Masterpiece": "Research and writing of a book on the ancient Greek philosopher Plato (c. 428–-348 BCE) and his relations with the notorious autocrat Dionysus II, based on letters by Plato previously dismissed as inauthentic."

#ancientGreece #ancientPhilosophy #classics