Gavin Hardy, Laurence Totelin

Ancient Botany (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examining writers and collating information from contemporary sources, this is the first book to ever be published on this subject. This study of botany in the ancient world is a tremendous contribution to the field, and one to which generations of classicists will turn for help.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134386796
• Artikelnr.: 43976082

Autorenporträt

F G Hardy (or Gavin Hardy) is a Tutor in the Office of Lifelong Learning at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Laurence Totelin is Lecturer in Ancient History at Cardiff University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Early References to Plants in Greek Literature 2. The Botanical Works of
Theophrastus of Eresus 3. Cryptogamic Plants in Ancient Botany 4. The Study
of Plants after Theophrastus up to the Medical Botany of Dioscorides and
Galen 5. The Transmission of Ancient Botany to the Renaissance