The 2,000-Year-Old Calculator Know as the Antikythera Mechanism and Ancient Greek Calendars

FAIN: FEL-262527-19

Paul Andrew Iversen
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH 44106-1712)

Preparation of a co-authored book that explains the complex calendars calculated with the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism, often called the world’s oldest computer.

I am applying for twelve months of NEH funding to finish writing my portion of a book under contract with Brill with the provisional title The Antikythera Mechanism and Ancient Greek Calendars. This book, co-written with John D. Morgan, will include my own edition of the inscriptions on the Antikythera Mechanism and, more importantly, it will discuss lunisolar calendars in general as well as the specific calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and its relation to other Doric calendars.