Decoding Device, Greece, 5th Century BCE by Joanne Chang, '99 and Anna Soellner, '98 A riddance am I asking of the gods From these my toils, this watch a whole year long, Which plying, as I lie, ...

It is believed that the advance news of the capture of Troy by the Greek commander Agamemnon was communicated through beacons. Though there really is no evidence that proves that beacons were in fact ...