ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Here we present selected excerpts from Dionysius of Halicarnassus’ book ‘The Roman Antiquities‘ (The Loeb Classical Library). Dionysius informs us here about Numa Pompilius’ interaction with a deity and how this story relates to some older Greek ones. Continue reading “Numa Pompilius; conversing with the gods”
Here we present selected parts of the published paper “Were Greek temples oriented towards aurorae?“, by Ioannis Liritzis & Helen Vassiliou. Continue reading “Were Greek temples oriented towards aurorae?”
“Alexander was a Peripatetic philosopher and commentator, active in the late second and early third century CE. He continued the tradition of writing close commentaries on Aristotle’s work established in the first century BCE by Andronicus of Rhodes, the editor of Aristotle’s ‘esoteric’ writings, which were designed for use in his school only. Continue reading “Alexander of Aphrodisias”
We receive the information from the first volume of ‘Ogygia‘ by Athanasios Stageiritis*, p.236, Chapter I, ‘About Hyperion‘. Continue reading “Hyperion: there has been an astronomer before the Cataclysm, Greek Mythology suggests”
One of the first inventions of the 5th century B.C., not widely known but very important, was the starting mechanism in ancient stadiums, built to prevent untimely starts in races, called ‘hysplex’ (in Greek ύσπληξ), shown in the picture below. Continue reading “Technology and Autonomous Mechanisms from Ancient Greece to “Byzantium””
This excavation season completed the five year project of excavation research in the Bronze Age settlement at the “Asvestaria” site in Petroto, Trikala. Continue reading “Important finds from the excavation at Petroto, Trikala”
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