The inventions and discoveries of ancient Greece
The top 3 according to 6 votes from people: The lighthouse of Alexandria · The value of pi · Theatre. (Updated Jun 4, 2023.)
The Antikythera mechanism, the first analogue computer, Ctesibius's alarm clock, Archimedes' screw, the lighthouse of Alexandria and even the Olympics and democracy: what the world owes the ancient Greeks. Which was the greatest contribution?
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Top 15
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The lighthouse of Alexandria
Between 100 and 130 metres tall, it guided ships with fire and mirrors.
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The value of pi
Archimedes devised a method to calculate it.
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Theatre
Tragedy and comedy were born in Greek theatres.
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The Antikythera mechanism
Bronze gears that predicted eclipses: the first analogue computer.
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The water mill
Described by Philo of Byzantium in the 3rd century BC.
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The alarm clock
Ctesibius's water clocks dropped pebbles on a gong at the set time.
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The odometer
It measures distance travelled; credited to Archimedes or Heron of Alexandria.
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Archimedes' screw
A rotating helix for lifting water.
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The astrolabe
An instrument for tracking the heavens, credited to Apollonius of Perga.
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The world map
Anaximander drew one of the first maps of the inhabited world.
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Euclid's Elements
The standard geometry book for two millennia.
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Hippocratic medicine
The scientific study of disease and the Hippocratic Oath.
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The Olympic Games
The first recorded ones date from 776 BC, at Olympia.
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Democracy
Athens created government by the citizens around 508 BC.
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The crane
Around 515 BC, it saved labour on building sites.
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