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  1. ⏱️ 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.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/the-an

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

  2. ⏱️ 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.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/the-an

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

  3. ⏱️ 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.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/the-an

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

  4. ⏱️ 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.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/the-an

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

  5. ⏱️ 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.

    👉 openculture.com/2026/09/the-an

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

  6. ✨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! partialhistorians.com/2026/09/