The Unknown Technology in Homer
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Using such terms as science and technology, which have been relatively - cently adopted, to write about situations and events that occurred 2,500 years ago, may be a paradox. The Homeric Epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, refer to the Mycenean Era, a...
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Using such terms as science and technology, which have been relatively - cently adopted, to write about situations and events that occurred 2,500 years ago, may be a paradox. The Homeric Epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, refer to the Mycenean Era, a civilisation that ?ourished from the 16th to 12th c- tury BCE. The seeming paradox ceases to be one when modern specialists, searching through the ancients texts, discover knowledge and applications so advanced, that can be termed as scienti?c or technological in the modern sense of the words. The present book is based on extensive research performed by the author and his associates at the University of Patras, along with the presentations of other researchers at two international symposia, which he organized in 1 Ancient Olympia. It consists of ?ve parts, of which Part I is introductory, including such chapters as Homer and Homeric Epics, Troy and the mythological causes of the War, Achilles and his wrath, the siege and fall of Troy, Odysseus' long way home, the Trojan war and the cultural tradition, scienti?c knowledge in the Homeric Epics and ?nally an account on science and technology. Part II includes three chapters on applications of principles of natural s- ence, including chariot racing and the laws of curvilinear motion, creep in wood and hydrodynamics of vortices and the gravitational sling.
This book has been well received in the original Greek version and is now available in English. It is a thorough review of recent research discoveries of scientific and technological knowledge contained in the Iliad and the Odyssey, suggesting elements of a very advanced, almost modern, civilization, in the Mycenaean era.
Recommended for a wide audience.
Recommended for a wide audience.
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Provisional Table Of Contents, April 2008: PrefacePart I: Introduction
1. Homer And Homeric Epics
2. Troy And The Mythological Causes Of The War
3. Achilles And The "Menis"
4. The War And The Fall Of Troy
5. The Odyssey Of Homecoming
6. Trojan War And Cultural Tradition
7. Knowledge In The Homeric Epics
8. Science And Technology
Part II: Principles Of Natural Science
9. Curvilinear Motion
10. Creep In Wood
11. Hydrodynamics Of Vortices And The Gravity Sling
Part III: Automation And Artificial Intelligence
12. Hephaestus' Forge
13. The Robots Of Hephaestus
14. The Phaeacian Ships And The UAVs
Part IV: Defensive Weapons In The Epics
15. Structural Materials In Homer And In Modern Times
16. The Shield Of Achilles
17. The Shield Of Ajax
18. Other Defensive Weaponry
Part V: Further Issues
19. The Trojan Horse
20. Mycenaean Building
21. The Admirable Homeric Meter. Epilegomenon And Conclusions
Appendix: The Forge (A Literary And Symbolic Approach)
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: S. A. Paipetis
- 2010, 220 Seiten, Maße: 16 x 24,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer Netherlands
- ISBN-10: 9048125138
- ISBN-13: 9789048125135
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.06.2010
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Englisch
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