Argus builds the ship.Athena contributes divine technē.She installs a special beam from the sacred oak of Dodona, a site of divination.The resulting architecture can be describe...
In the Argonautica, the Argo itself cries out and urges the heroes to depart.Elsewhere the sacred beam communicates information and guidance.The artifact possesses knowledge tha...
The Argo is more than a passive object.It speaks.It advises.It carries privileged information.It is therefore a remarkably early imagination of intelligence embedded in an artif...
