EMSA
Programme
PROGRAMME
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PRESENTATIONS PLAN
A total of 35 papers have been accepted for presentation in three classes, namely machines, structures and papers of general interest, according to the following presentation plan:
17.30-20.00 Registration at the hotels
20.30 Welcome reception
08.00-09.00 Registration at the Symposium Site
09.00-10.30 OPENING SESSION
Chairman: Professor S. A. Paipetis
09.00 Opening remarks and welcome (Prof. S.A. Paipetis and distinguished visitors)
09.15 OPENING ADDRESS: Discovering the Past; Inventing the Future,
Professor G. S. Holister, former Director General of UNESCO)
09.45 A tribute to the memory of Professor A. D. Dimarogonas, Co-Chairman of the Symposium (Professor S. A. Paipetis).
10.00 + Dimarogonas A.D.: Machines in Homer (commu-nicated by Professor S. A. Paipetis)
10. 30 Coffee Break
10.45-13.00 SESSION IA - MACHINES
Chairmen: Professor G. S. Holister, Dr Th. Chondros
11.00 KOETSIER, TEUN, Archimedes and the Invention of the Screw-Pump (key-note lecture)
11.45 CHONDROS, TH. G. AND +DIMAROGONAS A.D., “Deus ex Machina”.
12.15 TSOSKOUNOGLU-MISOPOLINOU A., How Penelope Was Weaving: Presentation of the Controversial Points on the Construction of the Wrap-Weighted Loom.
12.45 NIKOLANTONAKIS, C., Ptolemy’s Astrolabe: An Example of Astronomical Measurements from the Ancient Greek Tradition.
13.15 Lunch Break
14.30-17.30 SESSION IB - MACHINES
Chairmen: Profs. V. Kostopoulos and D. A. Zacharopoulos
14.30 PARHARIDES, S., IOANNOU, C., VALLIANOS, CH., Ancient High Technology at the Time of Heron of Alexandria and its Consequent Decline and Simplification: An Example Drawn From the Twin Screw Press.
15.00 REFRESHMENTS
15.30 D. Rapti, D.A Zacharopoulos, Gdoutos E.E., Mantzoros N.: Mechanical Study of a Hoisting Machine in Ancient Greece
16.00 KATSAROS, THOMAS, Kerotakis: Pigment Production With the Use of an Unknown Alchemical Apparatus.
17.00 TSITOMENEAS S., CARABELAS A., KYRAGGELOS P.: Optical and Thermal Properties of Caustic Mirrors.
18.00 GUIDED TOUR OF OLYMPIA MUSEUM (Mrs. X. Arapogianni, Director, Olympia Museum)
08.30-11.15 SESSION IC-MACHINES
Chairmen: Mr M. T. Wright, Prof. S. A. Paipetis
08.30 Michael T. Wright, Towards a new reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism: some external features.
09.15 RORRES, CHRIS, HARRIS, HARRY G., The Construction and Operation of Archimedes’ Iron Hand.
09.45-10.15 Coffee Break
10.15 PAIPETIS, S.A., KOSTOPOULOS, V.: Defensive Weapons in Homer: Part A, The Shield of Achilles.
10.45 PAIPETIS, S.A., KOSTOPOULOS, V.: Defensive Weapons in Homer: Part B, The Shield of Ajax.
11.45-17.30 SESSION IIA - STRUCTURES
Chairmen: Professor Mario Marchetti, Professor D. D. Beskos
11.45 BESKOS, DIMITRIS D. Static and Dynamic Analysis of Arta Bridge by Finite Elements.
12.15 CANAVAS, COSTAS, Axumite Megaliths in the Late Antiquity.
13.15-14.15 LUNCH BREAK
14.15 PAIPETIS, S.A., Polyzos, D., AGNANTIARIS, J. P., SELLOUNTOS E. J., Acoustical Behaviour of the Chamber of Dead in the Necromanteion of Acheron River.
14.45 MARCHETTI, MARIO, “Via Flaminia: an admirable work full of modern tips”
15.15-15.30 REFRESHMENTS
15.30 KAM, WALTHER, Treasury of Atreus: The Construction of the Façade
16.00 CIGOLA, MICHELA, Egyptian Obelisks in Rome.
16.30 CHIAVONI, EMMANUELA, The Temples of the Tivoli Acropolis.
17.00 PALYVOU, C., TASSIOS, Th. P., STOURNARAS, K., GERALIS, K., Adobe structures at Mecyneae.
18.00-19.00 GUIDED TOUR OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE, Presentation of the Hydraulic system (Mrs X. Arapogianni, Director, Olympia Museum)
21.00 Symposium Dinner (Olympion asty hotel)
08.30-10.30 SESSION IIB - STRUCTURES
Chairman: Prof. S.Papamarinopoulos
08.30 SOL, HUGO, CUYPERS, HEIDI: Applied Science in Ancient Egypt: Stability of Stepped and Flat Spans in Chambers and Corridors in Structures of the 4th Dynasty.
09.00 VANBEVEREN, DANY & SOL, HUGO, Stellar Symbolism in Structures in Ancient Egypt
10.00 MARCOYANNIS, G., TH. GILMER, CH. ROUKIS, Thera: The Minoan & Cycladic Ship
10.30 BELLES CH., Shipbuilding in the Aegean Region During the Byzantine Era (From the 10TH Century onwards)
11.00 COFFEE BREAK
11.00-14.00 SESSION III - GENERAL APPROACHES
Chairman: Prof. Th.P.Tassios
11.00 TASSIOS TH. P. Counter-Fertilization of Science and Technology in Ancient Greece.
11.45 PAPAMARINOPOULOS, STAVROS, Is Platonic Atlantis Troy?
12.15 LIRINTZIS, IOANNIS, On the Mystery of two Hellenic Pyramidals.
12.45 LUNCH BREAK
13.00 MELAS MANOLIS, Knowledge as Power: Function and Meaning of Grand Artefacts in Antiquity.
13.00 ORFANOUDAKIS, NIKOS, The Bellows go to War.
14.00 PAPATHEODOROU, GEORGE, A Marine Geophysical Survey for the Detection of Ancient Rocks and Man-Made Structures in the Coastal Zone of Alexandria-Egypt.
14.30-16.00 FINAL SESSION - Discussion and conclusions