James S. Romm

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought (eBook, PDF)

Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780691201702
• Artikelnr.: 57078771

Autorenporträt

James S. Romm is Assistant Professor of Classics at Bard College.