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Asterix
While reading Herodotus' History, about the Persian invasion of Athens and the battle of Marathon, I found some very interesting parts that describe what could be some sort of unknown weapon, used by Greeks, making usage of some sort of unknown technology.

The following text belongs to Herodotus' book 8 (Urania)
http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html

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Meanwhile the enemy pressed forward briskly, and had reached the shrine of Minerva Pronaia, when they were overtaken by other prodigies still more wonderful than the first. Truly it was marvel enough, when warlike harness was seen lying outside the temple, removed there by no power but its own; what followed, however, exceeded in strangeness all prodigies that had ever before been seen. The barbarians had just reached in their advance the chapel of Minerva Pronaia, when a storm of thunder burst suddenly over their heads- at the same time two crags split off from Mount Parnassus, and rolled down upon them with a loud noise, crushing vast numbers beneath their weight- while from the temple of Minerva there went up the war-cry and the shout of victory

Mad Manfred
Balls of explosive fire perhaps? An advanced form of catapult?
lego jedi
Coulda just been a nasty curry and ale night in the shrine of Minerva the night before??

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aquatus1
Honestly, it sounds more like an explosion to set off a landslide on top of the enemy. I suppose you could consider that an ancient secret weapon.
vimjams
'Greek fire' was a pretty effective and (secret) weapon.

Vimjams
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Asterix
Greek Fire was a much later invention, used in Medieval times by the Byzantines. But it seems that others-or who knows, perhaps similar as Greek fire-weapons have been in use already.
Method
Who deleted my lol post? Sorry if it was short. Maybe the Greeks invented an early form of explosives. Maybe the Spartans held of the legions @ Thermoplaye.
Gabriel
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html


Greek fire is no mystery Archimedes was a gret mind of his time, take a look.
Asterix
QUOTE(Gabriel @ Nov 9 2004, 04:55 PM)
http://www.mcs.drexel.edu/~crorres/Archimedes/contents.html


Greek fire is no mystery Archimedes was a gret mind of his time, take a look.
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Nice link Gabriel thumbsup.gif

Check this one:
Heron of Alexandria
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