Technai. An International Journal For Ancient Science and Technology. 1/2010

On a material and documentary level as well as in a literary sense, science and technology were extremely relevant and significant spheres of Greco-Roman civilization, and for a long time did not receive the attention they deserved in the tradition of classical studies. However, in the last few decades several teams of scholars have devoted their endeavours to the broad fields of Greek and Latin literary production as well as to material and archaeological documentation, in an effective and methodologically innovative synergy of purposes. We now considered it opportune to launch a journal devoted to the themes and problems of Greek and Latin literature, concerning linguistic and anthropological aspects as well as connections between the material culture and the development of each disciplinein the European tradition. Thus "Technai" aims to serve as an international reference point for studies of Greek and Roman science and technology. In each issue there will be a monographic section, another reserved for essays and various notes, and one consisting of a list of reading and reviews.