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The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration And Fiction

The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration And Fiction

by James S. Romm

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The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration And Fiction

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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 "edges of the earth" 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.

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ISBN:
9780691069333
Category:
History of Ideas, Intellectual History
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
1992-07-01
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Country of origin:
USA
Pages:
256
Weight:
449g

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