Philo of Byzantium: The Ancient Greek Who Could Have Worked in Silicon Valley

Philo of Byzantium: The Ancient Greek Who Could Have Worked in Silicon Valley

Philo of Byzantium thrived in Hellenistic Alexandria, where he created most of his automata. Credit: Greek Reporter archive (left), mharrsch, Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (right) Let’s be honest, when you think of ancient Greek geniuses, your mind probably jumps straight to people like Archimedes, right? The Greek man with the bathtub and his famous “Eureka!” moment. However, there’s another Greek titan who deserves a modern spotlight, a man who was sketch…