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126:. Whitehead and Blyth analyze the treatise into a preface, a section on "good practice," a section on "bad practice," a section on Athenaeus' own innovations, and an epilogue "emphasizing preparation for war as a deterrent, and defending Athenaeus' own record against unnamed critics." The work is technical but not without signs of Athenaeus' philosophical culture: "He comes across as a philosopher, and he expounds about time and opportunity, but also claims to be enough of a technical expert to devise new machines, and to describe old ones accurately." Much of Athenaeus' work (9.4–27.6) is closely parallel to 88:, Athenaeus accompanied him in his flight. He was retaken, but pardoned by Augustus, as there was no evidence of his having taken a more active part in the plot. He is perhaps the same person as the writer mentioned by 304: 110:, and thus will have been composed before Marcellus' death in 23 BC (and possibly at a time when its addressee was preparing to go out on campaign). It describes a number of 107: 366: 376: 356: 371: 361: 233: 215: 312: 299: 285: 77: 329: 188:
Abhandlungen der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen: philologisch-historische Klasse
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10.13–16, a fact probably to be explained by the two authors' shared reliance on a common source.
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Il Peri mechanematon di Ateneo meccanico. Edizione critica, traduzione, commento e note
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in his native city, but afterwards came to Rome and became acquainted with
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mentions a contemporary of his, Athenaeus of Seleucia, a Peripatetic
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Duncan B. Campbell, review of Whitehead and Blyth 2004,
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
197:. M.A. thesis, University of British Columbia, 1969. 210:, 182. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004. 53:active in the mid-to-late 1st century BC, at 45:). He is identified by modern scholars with 8: 268: 266: 195:Athenaios Mechanicus, On Siege Machinery 295: 293: 253: 251: 249: 245: 257:Serafina Cuomo, review of Gatto 2010, 228:567. Roma: Aracne editrice, 2010. 274:Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.07.63 259:Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.11.35 7: 72:. He was for some time the leading 367:Roman-era Peripatetic philosophers 190:, neue Folge, 12:5. Berlin, 1912. 158:, draws on Athenaeus as a source. 14: 377:1st-century BC Greek philosophers 204:Athenaeus Mechanicus, On Machines 357:Ancient Greek military engineers 340:Whitehead and Blyth 2004, p. 14 372:Roman-era philosophers in Rome 362:Ancient Greek military writers 1: 202:David Whitehead, P.H. Blyth, 106:The treatise is addressed to 92:, a historian who mentioned 78:Lucius Licinius Varro Murena 40: 84:, had entered into against 22:is the author of a book on 393: 171:. Paris, 1867. (online: 35: 315:October 12, 2012, at the 184:Griechische Poliorketiker 156:Parangelmata Poliorcetica 108:Marcus Claudius Marcellus 169:Poliorcétique des Grecs 220:Maurizio Gatto (ed.), 208:Historia-Einzelschrift 47:Athenaeus of Seleucia 16:1st century BC author 20:Athenaeus Mechanicus 328:Diodorus Siculus, 182:Rudolf Schneider, 144:The tenth-century 124:Philo of Byzantium 51:Peripatetic school 49:, a member of the 234:978-88-548-3102-5 167:Carl(e) Wescher, 152:Hero of Byzantium 41:Perì mēchanēmátōn 384: 341: 338: 332: 326: 320: 297: 288: 282: 276: 270: 261: 255: 193:George R. West, 43: 37: 36:Περὶ μηχανημάτων 392: 391: 387: 386: 385: 383: 382: 381: 347: 346: 345: 344: 339: 335: 327: 323: 317:Wayback Machine 298: 291: 283: 279: 271: 264: 256: 247: 242: 164: 142: 133:De architectura 120:Diades of Pella 104: 63: 57:and elsewhere. 17: 12: 11: 5: 390: 388: 380: 379: 374: 369: 364: 359: 349: 348: 343: 342: 333: 321: 289: 277: 262: 244: 243: 241: 238: 237: 236: 218: 200: 191: 180: 163: 160: 141: 138: 103: 98: 82:Fannius Caepio 62: 59: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 389: 378: 375: 373: 370: 368: 365: 363: 360: 358: 355: 354: 352: 337: 334: 331: 325: 322: 318: 314: 311: 307: 306: 301: 300:William Smith 296: 294: 290: 287: 281: 278: 275: 269: 267: 263: 260: 254: 252: 250: 246: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 217: 216:3-515-08532-7 213: 209: 205: 201: 199: 196: 192: 189: 185: 181: 178: 174: 170: 166: 165: 161: 159: 157: 153: 149: 148: 147:poliorketikon 139: 137: 135: 134: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 112:siege engines 109: 102: 99: 97: 95: 91: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 60: 58: 56: 52: 48: 44: 42: 33: 32:Ancient Greek 29: 25: 21: 336: 324: 303: 280: 225: 221: 207: 203: 194: 187: 183: 173:Google Books 168: 155: 145: 143: 131: 116:Agesistratus 105: 100: 64: 46: 38: 27: 19: 18: 177:archive.org 101:On Machines 70:philosopher 28:On Machines 351:Categories 24:siegecraft 140:Influence 128:Vitruvius 94:Semiramis 74:demagogue 313:Archived 162:Editions 90:Diodorus 86:Augustus 284:Strabo 330:2.20.3 286:14.5.4 232:  214:  122:, and 66:Strabo 308:, p. 240:Notes 230:ISBN 212:ISBN 61:Life 55:Rome 310:400 226:Aio 150:of 353:: 302:, 292:^ 265:^ 248:^ 224:. 206:. 186:. 175:, 154:, 130:, 118:, 96:. 34:: 26:, 319:. 179:) 30:(

Index

siegecraft
Ancient Greek
Peripatetic school
Rome
Strabo
philosopher
demagogue
Lucius Licinius Varro Murena
Fannius Caepio
Augustus
Diodorus
Semiramis
Marcus Claudius Marcellus
siege engines
Agesistratus
Diades of Pella
Philo of Byzantium
Vitruvius
De architectura
poliorketikon
Hero of Byzantium
Google Books
archive.org

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