Greek Inventors
Ancient Greece Water Inventions
Other Ancient Greece Inventions
100

He was credited with the invention of Maps and Cartography.

Who is Anaximander?

100

Athens required these to bring water from the mountains. 

What are aqueducts?

100

The Greeks invented these for temples in order to add mystic qualities to them.

What are automatic doors?

200

Believed to have been the first person to invent the odometer by measuring distances of routes traveled. 

Who is Alexander the Great?

200

Ancient Greece created the first one of these with running water so that both hands could be washed at the same time. 

What is a sink?

200

The Greek Inventory Hero of Alexandria made one around 215 B.C. which dispensed holy water to temple worshipers. 

What are vending machines?

300

The father of city planning for his design of Meletis.

Who is Hippodamus?

300

The earliest evidence of a water wheel can be found here.

What is the Wheel of Purikura?

300

The first clock tower and weather station located in Athens.

What is the Tower of the Winds?

400
Ancient Greeks used baskets of stones with sand and wooden logs filled with lead as these.

What are anchors?