Kotsanas’ wooden reproduction of the stomachion
Kotsanas’ wooden reproduction of the stomachion A modern reproduction of Archimedes’ stomachion Copyright: Collection and Archive of Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology (www.kotsanas.com) – The image shows a reproduction of the stomachion game located in the K. Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology in Heraklion, Crete. This wooden artefact consists of a square geometric […]
The geometric design of the stomachion diagram
The geometric design of the stomachion diagram The division of the square according to the indications of an Arabic manuscript description: stomachion of Archimedes, with a 1/12 grid, author: Hagen von Eitzen, copyright: public domain – This image reproduces the Graeco-Roman stomachion square according to the proportions provided by a 17th c. manuscript in the […]
3D Model Embedded in the Greco-Roman Anatomical Atlas
3D Model Embedded in the Greco-Roman Anatomical Atlas Copyright: ATLOMY (ERC StG GA 852550) Hebrew University of Jerusalem – Step into the Atlas and use it to explore the model and to learn about Aristotle’s ideas of the anatomy of the digestive system and about his anatomical terminology. You might recognize some terms! You will see […]
The 3D Model of the Digestive System according to Aristotle
https://comparative-guts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Atlomy-Exhibit-4_2.mp4 The 3D Model of the Digestive System according to Aristotle Copyright: ATLOMY (ERC StG GA 852550) Hebrew University of Jerusalem – This 3-D model of the stomach and the intestines presents ATLOMY’s interpretation of the ancient text. While it might not be evident at first sight, this model differs from contemporary models of the […]
3D Modelling of the Guts according to Aristotle
https://comparative-guts.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Atlomy-Exhibit-3_1.mp4 3D Modelling of the Guts according to Aristotle Copyright: ATLOMY (ERC StG GA 852550) Hebrew University of Jerusalem – The next stage towards a visual reconstruction of Aristotle’s conception of guts is creating the 3D model. Based on the Table of Instructions the modellers use 3D-modelling software to create the model: from an initial […]
From Text to Model: The Guts according to Aristotle
From Text to Model: The Guts according to Aristotle Copyright: ATLOMY (ERC StG GA 852550) Hebrew University of Jerusalem – A depiction of the first stages towards creating a 3D model of the human guts as described in Aristotle’s treatise Inquiries on Animals. The interdisciplinary team facilitates a unique analysis which bridges the gap between […]
Red-figured terracotta bell-krater
Red-figured terracotta bell-krater – Vessel for mixing wine and water, attributed to the Nikias Painter, late 5th century BCE, with three youths preparing meat offering, altar stacked with burning wood and smoking with knisa. Attendants on either side carry skewers likely holding viscera. The viscera would release putrescine and cadaverine, whose scent is characterised as […]
Red-figured terracotta stamnos
Red-figured terracotta stamnos – Vessel for storing liquids, attributed to the Eucharides Painter, early 5th century BCE, with two figures preparing a bull for sacrifice. When slaughtered, iron ions derived from the haemoglobin in the animal’s blood would interact with fats and oils to form volatile aldehydes and ketones, like Oct-1-en-3-one, typical sources for the […]
Black-figured terracotta column-krater
Black-figured terracotta column-krater – Vessel for mixing wine and water, late 5th century BCE, with men sacrificing a goat to a terminal figure of the god Hermes. The sacrificial victim has been dismembered and a part is being held in the flame on the altar. The entrails resting on the small table would release odorants […]
Athenian red-figure cup attributed to Douris
Athenian red-figure cup attributed to Douris death of Pentheus (detail), c.480 B.C. Cervetri, Museo Nazionale CeritePhoto: 2023@photo Scala, Florence, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas /Art Resource, NY/Scala, Florence – The death of Pentheus is most familiar in the description given by Euripides in Bacchae. There a messenger speech describes how Pentheus’ mother, Agave, and […]