ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from «Bibliotheca», or «Library» by Apollodorus of Athens (or Pseudo-Apollodorus) that answers our question. Continue reading “What was the theological opinion of the Ancient Greeks on Pride?”
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from the ‘Argonautics’ by Apollonius of Rhodes. Continue reading “First cities in History founded by Greeks– Apollonius of Rhodes”
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from the ‘Argonautics’ by Apollonius of Rhodes. Continue reading “On ‘Collective’ or ‘Family’ responsibility – Apollonius of Rhodes”
Here we present and analyze an excerpt from the ‘Argonautics’ by Apollonius of Rhodes. Continue reading “On Divine things and ‘Future-telling’ – Apollonius of Rhodes”
Mechanical Devices
It is seldom possible to determine exactly when a particular mechanical
device was discovered or invented, but in general the chronological development
was as follows. Continue reading “Energy and machines in Antiquity (Part II)”
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Roy J King, Julie Di Cristofaro, Anastasia Kouvatsi, Costas Triantaphyllidis, Walter Scheidel, Natalie M Myres, Alice A Lin, Alexandre Eissautier, Michael Mitchell, Didier Binder, Ornella Semino, Andrea Novelletto, Peter A Underhill and Jacques Chiaroni. Continue reading “The coming of the Greeks to Provence and Corsica: Y-chromosome models of archaic Greek colonization of the western Mediterranean”
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