Eupalinos (Ancient Greek: Εὐπαλῖνος) or Eupalinus of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Island in the 6th... 6 KB (697 words) - 17:22, 18 March 2024 |
Polycrates (redirect from Polycrates of Samos) in the form of a tunnel 1,036 metres (3,399 ft) long which can still be seen and which is known as the Tunnel of Eupalinos. The tunnel was constructed... 25 KB (3,161 words) - 03:35, 1 April 2024 |
Hydraulic engineering (redirect from History of hydraulic engineering) globe. Eupalinos of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos in the 6th century BC, an important feat of both civil... 22 KB (2,726 words) - 23:02, 9 March 2024 |
Aqueduct (water supply) (section Tunnels) powerful flood waters at bay. On the island of Samos, the Tunnel of Eupalinos was built during the reign of Polycrates (538–522 BC). It is considered an... 20 KB (2,411 words) - 00:50, 7 March 2024 |
Construction surveying (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link) BC geometric based techniques were used to construct the tunnel of Eupalinos on the island of Samos.[citation needed] Modern technology advanced surveying's... 17 KB (2,019 words) - 07:37, 30 January 2024 |
Pythagoreio (section Tourism and places of interest) Tunnel of Eupalinos: a 1086-meter-long tunnel through Mount Kastro, which formed part of an ancient aqueduct. It is located about 2 km northwest of Pythagorio... 9 KB (850 words) - 10:02, 25 April 2024 |
as the Pharos and devised central heating systems. The Tunnel of Eupalinos is the earliest tunnel which has been excavated with a scientific approach from... 34 KB (4,165 words) - 23:56, 26 March 2024 |
Megara (category Municipalities of Attica) BC), founder of Byzantium Theognis (6th century BC), elegiac poet Eupalinos (6th century BC), engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Theagenes... 15 KB (1,668 words) - 11:06, 24 April 2024 |
BC – Tunnel of Eupalinos first underground aqueduct 500 BC – The moldboard iron plough is invented in China 500 BC – Row cultivation of crops using intensive... 8 KB (872 words) - 00:23, 9 March 2024 |
Modern influence of ancient Greece refers to the influence of Ancient Greece on later periods of history, from Medieval times up to the current modern... 125 KB (14,771 words) - 03:09, 27 April 2024 |
Band of Thebes (Ancient Greek: Ἱερός Λόχος, Hierós Lókhos) was a troop of select soldiers. According to some ancient Greek claims, 150 pairs of male lovers... 74 KB (8,590 words) - 01:19, 20 March 2024 |
Greece in the Roman era (redirect from History of Roman Greece) Roman era describes the Roman conquest of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited... 14 KB (1,911 words) - 02:11, 22 April 2024 |
Paideia (category Culture of ancient Greece) paedeia; Greek: παιδεία) referred to the rearing and education of the ideal member of the ancient Greek polis or state. These educational ideals later... 7 KB (692 words) - 03:49, 21 March 2024 |
the French School of Athens. While exploring Samos, he identified the spring that feeds the Tunnel of Eupalinos and the beginnings of the channel. His... 8 KB (721 words) - 01:52, 11 September 2023 |
The Greek Dark Ages was the period of Greek history, (c. 1050-800 BC), currently known as Prehistoric Iron Age or Early Iron Age, which included all the... 26 KB (3,404 words) - 23:20, 27 April 2024 |
Ancient Greece (redirect from History of Ancient Greece) the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (c. 600 AD), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically... 79 KB (9,320 words) - 20:57, 25 April 2024 |
Ancient Greek coinage (redirect from Coinage of ancient Greece) The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic... 32 KB (3,066 words) - 10:37, 10 December 2023 |
Ancient Greek architecture (redirect from Architecture of Greece) highly formalised characteristics, both of structure and decoration. This is particularly so in the case of temples where each building appears to have... 70 KB (8,425 words) - 13:48, 16 April 2024 |
Qanat (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link) the villages of Wadi Shees and Masafi. The Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos runs for 1 kilometre through a hill to supply water to the town of Pythagorion... 85 KB (11,109 words) - 14:47, 22 April 2024 |
Minoan palaces (category History of Crete) built on Crete during the Bronze Age. They are often considered emblematic of the Minoan civilization and are modern tourist destinations. Archaeologists... 42 KB (5,130 words) - 15:51, 18 April 2024 |
Minoan civilization (category History of Crete) island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan... 114 KB (13,580 words) - 15:26, 27 April 2024 |
Ancient Greek dialects (redirect from Dialects of Ancient Greek) antiquity, before the development of the common Koine Greek of the Hellenistic period, was divided into several varieties. Most of these varieties are known only... 26 KB (2,751 words) - 23:13, 1 March 2024 |