# Iversen 2017: The Calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and the Corinthian Family of Calendars

> Paul A. Iversen, 2017. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Source for the calendar-based origin argument.

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# The Calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and the Corinthian Family of Calendars

Paul A. Iversen, 2017. _Hesperia_.

Analyses the Metonic dial's month names against the Corinthian family of calendars and argues for a north-west Greek (Epirote) rather than Syracusan affiliation. Hesperia 86(1), 129–203.

**Antikythera Mechanism** ArticleChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

Source for the calendar-based origin argument.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Made for, or in, Epirus or north-west Greece, where the calendar fits best.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/answers/ANS0D3FQETM3Z0A/made-for-or-in-epirus-or-north-west-greece-where-the)

Answer

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[Iversen's 2017 study argues the month names match the Epirote branch of the Corinthian family.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQF2E67MH/iversens-2017-study-argues-the-month-names-match-the-epirote)

Evidence

EVD

[Iversen's comparison finds the names fit north-west Greece better than Syracuse.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/evidence/EVD0D3FQEJT2E1D/iversens-comparison-finds-the-names-fit-north-west-greece)

Evidence

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[Paul Iversen](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/antikythera-mechanism/people/FIG0D3FQ2M07B4T/paul-iversen)

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[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)

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## Cite it

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Iversen, P. A. (2017). The Calendar on the Antikythera Mechanism and the Corinthian Family of Calendars. Hesperia. https://ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/86/1/129-203
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[Find it at ascsa.edu.gr](https://ascsa.edu.gr/publications/hesperia/article/86/1/129-203)

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**SRC** 0D3FPYQ07QNB

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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