Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought e-bog
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For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "e;edges of the earth"e; became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this t...
E-bog
329,95 DKK
Forlag
Princeton University Press
Udgivet
16 juli 2019
Længde
247 sider
Genrer
1QBA
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780691201702
For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "e;edges of the earth"e; became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.