Talk:Antikythera mechanism

Well, they totally made the design for the antykithera look like the actual thing right? No.

I mean I understand that they made it look "cooler", but I think that if they made it like the original it would be less like that one itch that is just out of reach. In summary, I wish that they would've been more attenuate to the details. Jeremy Porter (MD) (talk) 01:24, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

New research from a team of astronomers at the University of Glasgow using Bayesian analysis and techniques from the field of gravitational wave astronomy casts new light on the mechanism. I've added two new citations to {{alink|Further reading}}, and there are many more available if needed. The original paper is [https://bhi.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/07-HJJuly24-AOTM-2.pdf An Improved Calendar Ring Hole-Count for the Antikythera Mechanism: A Fresh Analysis]. Mathglot (talk) 19:24, 12 July 2024 (UTC)

It's not AN-tik-ih-THEER-ə, it's anti-KITH-er-a

Constant Pedant (talk) 03:32, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

:The way it's said in Greek is not the way it's normally said in English. "The way the majority of English speakers say it in English" IS the right thing to give as the main pronunciation, even if that majority are unaware of the original pronunciation in another language. Similarly, BEEAH-kn-shtock is not the main pronunciation given for the brand of shoes, and pa-ʀee is not the main one for the city in France. TooManyFingers (talk) 14:13, 21 March 2025 (UTC)

I don't know whether this point has been discussed before however it seems obvious to me that the subject of the article is not actually exclusively the cultural property of Ancient Greece. The item was found on board a Roman cargo vessel at the time when Greece was a well established part of the Roman Republic. This fact does not appear to be very well represented in the opening part of the article, which gives the impression that this was exclusively a cultural item of Ancient Greece. Can I suggest that the opening sentence instead starts with: "The Antikythera mechanism is a Roman-era, Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery (model of the Solar System."Anvib (talk) 22:25, 19 October 2024 (UTC)

In the schematic representation of the gearing of the Antikythera Mechanism, there is Exigemos pointer. I think it is wrong, as I haven't found any reference to Exigemos. I think there should be Exeligmos pointer instead, as Exeligmos is a time when similar eclipse ocours. If anyone have oryginal drawing, then pls. correct. 188.117.128.42 (talk) 07:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)