This photograph depicts the Horologion Aerides, or, The Tower of the Winds. Built by the Macedonian scholar, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, in 50 BCE, the structure acted as one of the central timepieces (i.e. a water-clock) for Athens in the first century…
The Horologion Aerides, or, The Tower of the Winds was built by the Macedonian scholar, Andronicus of Cyrrhus, in 50 BCE. The structure acted as one of the central timepieces (i.e. a water-clock) for Athens in the first century BCE. It was…