The Tower of Winds (Horologion of Andronicos)

Zephyros is the wind that blows from the point where the sun sets at the equinox, Aristotle, Meteorologica


there was, for the first time, a water clock, and also, the designing of water clocks was a specialty of Alexandria and the natural sciences were developed there.” Dr. Kienast said that the use of the most modern measuring instruments revealed quite a number of gaps in previous knowledge of the Tower, adding that this suggests that there are some interesting surprises still remain.


Ancient Greece and Winds

John Singer Sargent's The Winds

The Tower of Winds (Hellenic Ministry of Culture)

German Reports

Götter der Winde

Reports in Greek

Οι Αέρηδες, το ωρολόγιον του Ανδρονίκου του Κυρρήστου , Το ηλιακό ρολόι

ήΡωμαϊκή Αγορά: Το πρώτο εμπορικό κέντρο της Αθήνας

Ο ΠΥΡΓΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΕΜΩΝ
του Hermann J. Kienast
αρχαιολόγου, Γερμανικό Αρχαιολογικό Ινστιτούτο
Μετάφραση: Όλγα Κολιάτσου

ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΤΥΠΙΑ» - Ιστορικά, 170, (30 – 01 – 2003) Η ΤΕΧΝΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΑΡΧΑΙΑ ΕΛΛΑΔΑ