Ancient poets describe the artificial entities as “made, not born,” to emphasize their technological, non-biological origins. The stories envisioned ways of replicating nature by a process of bio-techne, “life through craft.” These beings were not simply inert matter brought to life by magic or a god’s command.
Robots, synthetic beings, and self-moving devices appear in myths about Odysseus, Jason and the Argonauts, the sorceress Medea, the bronze automaton Talos, and Pandora. I found descriptions of imaginary automatons as early Homer, more than 2,500 years ago, in a remarkable group of Greek myths. But I wondered, was it possible that the concepts of robots could have been imagined in classical antiquity, long before technology made them possible? Other scholars assume that all animated beings in mythology were inert matter brought to life by gods or magic, like Adam and Eve or Pygmalion’s ivory statue. Some philosophers of science claim that it was impossible for anyone in ancient times to imagine technologies beyond what already existed. Who first imagined robots? Most historians believe that automatons were first developed in the Middle Ages. ASOR-AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTERS FELLOWSHIPSĪncient Automatons in Myth and History By Adrienne Mayor.MEMBERSHIP & ANNUAL MEETING SCHOLARSHIPS.SCHOLARSHIPS FOR FIELDWORK PARTICIPATION.
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