Greek+Invention+Essay


 * Thesis about Greek technology and Inventions and how advanced they were.**

" It is like cryptohistory "

The Ancient Greeks have always been well known due to their famous mathematicians and philosophers. However, the documentation supporting the idea that they were great inventors too has been lost and many historians believe that they were not capable of such ingenious, and sometimes crazy, ideas when they were actually a lot more technological than what we give them credit for.

-essay would include famous greek inventors and their inventions,their crazy ideas, how advanced they really were in creating things
 * Ameinocles, Archimedes, Ctesibius, Ctesibius of Alexandria, Hero of Alexandria, Theodorus of Samos

> [] > [] Price,//Made In Ancient Greece.// New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., INC, 1967. University Press Inc, "Ancient Greece History." 2008.http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/History/ (accessed 5/20/09). Book- Sailing The Wine-Dark Sea: Why The Greeks Matter. Thomas Cahill. Volumne 4. Copyright 2003. Random House Inc.

Umbrella Slot Machine Coined Money Maps thermometer Central Heating Hula Hoop Tumbler Lock

Heron- Steam Engine

Info: FOUND ON WIKIPEDIA invented Mirror Counterweight Hydraulis Water Clcok called clepsydra
 * Ctesibius of Alexandria-**

shipbuilder (//Naupegus//) and inventor of the Trireme
 * Ameinocles-**

a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer. Although few details of his life are known, he is regarded as one of the leading scientists in classical antiquity. Screw Pump The Claw Death Ray Mirrors- myth or reality? The Golden Crown The Screw Planetarium Lever
 * Archimedes**

credited with the invention of ore smelting and, according to Pausanias, the craft of casting. He is also credited with inventing a water level, a carpenter's square, and, according to Pliny, a lock and key and the turning lathe
 * Theodorus of Samos**

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