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# Child's potty of the 6th century BC found in Athens and the inventions of ancient Greece
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/dazhe-ne-dumai-pytatsia-sbezhat/
- Published: 2021-12-04T08:48:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:00:37.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archaeology, Observations, Humour

Don't even think of trying to escape. A child's potty of the 6th century BC, found in Athens. It is odd that this ingenious model is not manufactured today, but it does make plain the thesis that in Ancient Greece literally everything was invented, and that in the millennia since, humanity has merely put these inventions to use and watered them down

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_5550@04-12-2021_11-48-19.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_5551@04-12-2021_11-48-19.jpg)