Reconstructing ’Hero’s Automaton’ by hand

In this video, I try my best to reconstruct Hero’s Automaton. An ancient programmable device that belongs to a long tradition of curious Greek Machines. Sources in order of reference: Hero’s Automata Critical Edition By (translation begins page 135 but his context and notes are the main source of this video, which begin page 83) -hephaestus tripods: Homer’s Illiad as translated by Lattimore this page has the specific paragraph: #PalacesGods -Daedalus moving statues: Plato’s Meno (PDF link here of a translation by J. Holbo & B. Waring ) -Archytas’s Dove: Bill Thayer translation of Gellius’ Noctes Atticae book 10 section 12 paragraph 8 (old webpage, the link is directly to book ten, just scroll down to section 12)