Antiquity to Renaissance

Descendants (at least 8 branches originate here)

• Antiquity to Renaissance

  Dark age & co.

  • is_parent Timaeus ·

    Cosmos as a living being — created by a divine craftsman (*Demiurge*). Blending of ΜΥΘΟΣ and ΛΟΓΟΣ: a “likely story” (*eikôs muthos*) explaining the universe.
  • is_parent Apocalypse of John of Patmos ·

    Combines Jewish apocalyptic motifs with Greco-Roman symbolism — the empire recast as beast-machine. Cosmic imaginery: stars fall, beasts rise, heavens open. My
  • is_parent The True History ·

    Lucian of Samostata, 2nd century AD. Often called the first science-fiction narrative — a voyage beyond Earth. Begins with a confession of lying; uses hu
  • is_parent Divina Comedia ·

    A structured journey through the cosmos — from infernal depth to celestial infinity. Maps medieval cosmology with mathematical precision: concentric sphe
  • is_parent Exercise ·

    Think about the superpower You declared last week that You want to have. It's year 2070 and You fully developed it and use it. Your grand-children and/or studen
  • is_parent Artefact of the day: SAMPO

    the Sampo — a mysterious artifact forged by the smith-god Ilmarinen, source of endless abundance. Sampo's nature is never fully defined — part mill, part cosmi

    • is_parent Invention of the day: Logic Mill 🔒 ·

      In Charles Babbage's "Analytical Engine", the “mill” performed operations on numbers (addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.), while the &ldquo