Science and Technology in Homeric Epics
In the Homeric Epics, important references to specific autonomous systems and mechanisms of very advanced technology, such as automata and artificial intelligence, as well as to almost modern methods of design and production are included. Even if those features of Homeric science were just poetic co...
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| Daljnji autori: | , |
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Izdanje: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Serija: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Science and technology in Homeric epics, S.A. Paipetis, editor, [Dordrecht], Springer, 2008, 1 vol. (XX- 536 p.), History of mechanism and machine science, 978-1-4020-8783-7 |
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- General Themes Mycenaean Technology Autagreton Mathematics and Physics Archimedes' Count of Homer's Cattle of the Sun Vortices in Homer's Odyssey A Scientific Approach The Homeric Automata and Their Implementation The River Ocean: Homer's Cosmogony The Laws of Curvilinear Motion in the Iliad Materials Iron in the Homeric Epics & Homer, a Sensible Ecologist Early Bronze Technology at Land's End, North Western Iberia Porphyra: In Search of Dyeing Methods in Ancient Greece Technology Transfer in the Bronze Age: The Case of a Faience-Like Blue Glaze Produced at Bread-Oven Temperatures DefensiveWeapons From Homer to Hoplite: Scientific Investigations of Greek Copper Alloy Helmets Defensive Weapons in Homer How the Greeks Got Ahead: Technological Aspects of Manufacture of a Corinthian Type Hoplite Bronze Helmet from Olympia Telecommunications Theoretical Analysis of Telecommunication through Friktories Geology Geomechanics Elements of Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering in the Homeric Poems Geological Knowledge of Greeks in the Era of Trojan War Static and Dynamic Analysis of the Atreus Vaulted Tomb in Mycenae Medicine Homeric Injury Scenes on Ancient Greek Pottery Reveal Medical Knowledge The Healing Art in the Iliad Medicinal Herbs and Plants in Homer Flora and Fauna Agricultural Development in the Homeric Era The Fauna of Greece and Adjacent Areas in the Age of Homer Astronomy Eneoros Minos and the Minoan Calendrical Abacus The Divine Fires of Creation: Homeric Hephaestos as a Comet/Meteor God A Comet during the Trojan War? Homeric Calendar and Helios Charioteer Homer and Orosius: A Key to Explain Deucalion's Flood, Exodus and Other Tales Seafaring Homer at Sea (????????? ???????) The Redness of Ulysses' Ships Cultural Environment Ambrosia, Nectar and Elaion in the Homeric Poems Dietary Habits in Homer Geography Trojan Plain and Homeric Topography General Interest Mêtis and the Artificial Interpreting the Representations on the Shield of Achilles Homer and the So-Called Homeric Questions Atlantis in Homer and Other Authors Prior to Plato Did Ulysses Travel to Atlantis?