How did the ancient Greeks understand the Universe – and how did they measure the Earth without modern technology?

Like Odysseus navigating by the stars on his long journey home, the ancient Greeks looked to the heavens to understand their place in the cosmos.

KYKLOS PAROS invites you on a journey through the evolution of ancient Greek astronomy, from the Pythagorean and Aristotelian models of the Universe to the equally important, yet lesser-known, work of Eudoxus and Hipparchus.

Together, we will explore how ancient Greek thinkers sought to explain the movements of celestial bodies and phenomena such as eclipses, and discover the ingenious methods they used to determine the size of the Earth centuries before the development of modern scientific instruments.

The evening will be presented by Antonis Antoniou, researcher in the Philosophy of Science at the University of Athens. He studied at the University of Bristol and has held academic positions at the University of Cyprus and the University of Bonn. His research focuses on the philosophy of cosmology, particularly theories of dark matter and modified gravity. He divides his time between Athens, Cyprus and Paros.

Join KYKLOS PAROS for a fascinating evening at the intersection of astronomy, physics, philosophy and ancient Greek thought, and discover how some of humanity’s earliest scientific thinkers attempted to measure both Heaven and Earth.