Mostra del Museo di tecnologia antica greca Kostas Kotsanas

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La mostra del Museo di tecnologia antica greca Kostas Kotsanas sarà ospitata per 40 giorni a Villa Mirabello, Varese.
L'inaugurazione della mostra si terrà alle 11:00 il 15 marzo 2014.


Durata della mostra: 15 Marzo – 13 Aprile 2014
Orari di apertura: Martedì-domenica: 9:30-00:30 e 14:00-18:00
Località:Villa Mirabello - Musei Civici Varese, Piazza Motta 5 - Varese, Tel: +39 0332 255485



Venite in un tour guidato e virtuale di un'eccezionale selezione di cinquanta mostre del museo della tecnologia antica greca (dal robot - servo di Filone al "cinema" di Heron e dall'orologio idraulico di Archimede al computer analogico di Antikythera), che copre il periodo che va dal 2000 ac fino alla fine del mondo greco antico. Scoprire che la tecnologia degli antichi greci, poco prima della fine del mondo antico, era incredibilmente simile agli inizi della nostra tecnologia moderna.

La collezione si compone dei seguenti 50 articoli:

  • The Antikythera calculating mechanism (a …laptop from the antiquity)
  • The «static» automatic theater of Heron of Alexandria (the «cinema» of the ancient Greeks)
  • The hydraulic clock of Archimedes (the first clock with tickings in human history)
  • The automatic servant of Philon (the first operating robot of humanity)
  • The mobile automatic theatre of Heron of Alexandria (the programmable automotive «puppet show» of the the ancient Greeks)
  • The hydraulic clock of Κtesibios (an automation miracle, continuously working without human interference)
  • The repeating ("polybolos") catapult of Dionysios of Alexandria (the first application of motion through level chains)
  • The «hydraulis» (organ) of Ktesibios (the first keyboard instrument in the world)
  • The hydraulic automaton of the «chirping birds» and of the «returning owl» (an exceptional automatism of repeating spectacle with motion and sound production)
  • The magic fountain of Heron (a «restless» device that «breaks» the laws of hydrostatics)
  • The ingenious wine-jug of Philon (the first «intelligent» appliance of domestic use in human history)
  • The alarm clock of Plato (the first awakening device in human history)
  • The "palintonos" catapult of Philon (the first giant stone-throwing catapult in human history)
  • The astrolabe of Ptolemy (the …G.P.S. of the ancient Greeks)
  • The automatic opening of the temple gates after sacrifice had taken place on its altar (the first automatization in building worldwide)
  • The «aeolosphere» of Heron (the first «steam-machine»of history)
  • The dioptra of Heron (a theodolite and a chorobate from the past)
  • The fire pump of Heron (the first force piston fire pump worldwide)
  • The nut fabrication machine of Heron (the first screw cutter in human history)
  • The automatic holy water server with coin-collector (the first slot machine in human history)
  • The road distance calculator «hodometre» (the first ...taximetre in human history)
  • The sound alarm of Heron (the first warning mechanism in human history)
  • The steam cannon of Archimedes (the first cannon in human history)
  • The belly-bow («gastraphetes») (the most ancient catapult)
  • The three-mast crane (the first vertical elevation crane worldwide)
  • The hydraulic endless screw of Archimedes The «hysplex» (the first athletic mechanism in human history)
  • The «hydraulic telegraph» of Aeneas (the first telecommunication device worldwide)
  • The flying pigeon of Archytas (the first flying machine in human history)
  • The pantograph of Heron (the first device of copy, enlargement and diminution in human history)
  • The «Greek» watermill of Stravon (the exploitation of hydraulic energy for the very first time worldwide)
  • The windpowered «hydraulis» (organ) (the exploitation of aeolian energy for the very first time worldwide)
  • The tetrantas of Hipparhos (Quadrant) (the first latitude locator of daily use)
  • The automatic goblet of Philon (the first self-adjusting controller of the level in human history)
  • The Pythagoras cup (the first application of the axial siphon worldwide)
  • The level horizontal sundial (the spider’s web of Eudoxos and the «pelekinos» of Patrokles)
  • The cut hemispherical sundial (Aristarhos’ sundial)
  • Fire signals and beacons (the first coded telecommunication device worldwide)
  • The geometric kinematic mechanisms of the ancient Greeks
  • The Plato's cubist, The Nikomides' Trisector (Trichotomos)
  • The Eratosthenes' mesolabe (mean-taker)
  • The Proklos' «ellipsografos» (tool for carving ellipses)
  • The Pythagoras' «monochord» (single-stringed) (the first scientific musical instrument worldwide)
  • The «polis» (the ancestor of chess)
  • The bow lathe
  • The ostomachion of Archimedes (the first puzzle in human history)
  • The cryptic (Laconian) relay
  • Aeneas' cryptographic disc
  • The twofold waxed plates
  • The Mycenaean loom (the web of Penelope)
  • The «varoulkos» of Archimedes (the strongest windlass of antiquity)
  • The «plinthis» (block) of Hipparchus The four-cubit dioptra of Archimedes

About The Museum

The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology founded by Kostas Kotsanas. The Museum is located at a close proximity to the main port of Katakolon, almost 500m away from the mooring area. It is a small museum that houses a collection of inventions made by Greeks from 2000 to 1000 BC.
The impressive exhibition of this museum in Katakolon includes 250 operating models of inventions and machines used by the Greeks 4000 years ago.
The Museum of Ancient Greek Technology Kostas Kotsanas
Books by Kostas Kotsanas

Οι μεγαλύτερες εφευρέσεις των αρχαίων Ελλήνων


The greatest inventions of the ancient Greeks

Κινητή έκθεση (παρουσίαση στο TV10 από το δημιουργό της)
Traveling exhibition (presentation in TV10 channel by its creator) in Greek