Geography in Classical Antiquity /
Dueck, Daniela,
Geography in Classical Antiquity / Daniela Dueck ; with contributions by Kai Brodersen. - 1 online resource (160 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Key Themes in Ancient History . - Key Themes in Ancient History. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments.
9781139027014 (ebook)
Classical geography
G84 / .D84 2012
910.937
Geography in Classical Antiquity / Daniela Dueck ; with contributions by Kai Brodersen. - 1 online resource (160 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Key Themes in Ancient History . - Key Themes in Ancient History. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? Ideas about the physical and cultural world are a key aspect of ancient history, but until now there has been no up-to-date modern overview of the subject. This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments.
9781139027014 (ebook)
Classical geography
G84 / .D84 2012
910.937