# Freeth 2008: Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism

> Tony Freeth, Alexander Jones, John M. Steele et al., 2008. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the calendar's Corinthian affiliation…

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# Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism

Tony Freeth, Alexander Jones, John M. Steele et al., 2008. _Nature_.

Reads the Metonic dial's month names (Corinthian family), the games dial and the eclipse glyphs. Nature 454, 614–617.

**Antikythera Mechanism** Articledoi: **[10.1038/nature07130](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07130)** 0

## What it's used for here

Source for the calendar's Corinthian affiliation and the games dial.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Made in Syracuse or another Corinthian colony, in the tradition of Archimedes.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQE366N29/made-in-syracuse-or-another-corinthian-colony-in-the)

Answer

ANS

[The Metonic dial's month names belong to the Corinthian family and the 2008 authors suggested Corinth's…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQEB02NXW/the-metonic-dials-month-names-belong-to-the-corinthian)

Evidence

EVD

[The month names are Corinthian, not Rhodian.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQDVC5A15/the-month-names-are-corinthian-not-rhodian)

Evidence

EVD

[Freeth et al. read the Corinthian month names and the games dial](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/events/EVT0D3FQ61C1FDR/freeth-et-al-read-the-corinthian-month-names-and-the-games)

EVT

[The Antikythera Mechanism](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism)

The mystery article

MYS

[Where, and by whom, was the mechanism made?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/questions/QST0D3FQ5SJ2E5J/where-and-by-whom-was-the-mechanism-made)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Freeth, T., Jones, A., Steele, J. M., & Bitsakis, Y. (2008). Calendars with Olympiad display and eclipse prediction on the Antikythera Mechanism. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07130
```

[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1038/nature07130)

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