Athenaeus Mechanicus: On Machines (Peri mechanematon)

Sinopsis del libro

Athenaeus 'Mechanicus' – the surname differentiates him from better-known homonyms – wrote a treatise on Greek siege-machinery. Uniquely in the genre, it combined general cultural erudition, historical survey, and This is the work's first English translation, and the first commentary in any language. Athenaeus is…