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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction /
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...
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Frontmatter -- |t Contents -- |t Acknowledgments -- |t Works Frequently Cited -- |t Introduction -- |t One . The Boundaries of Earth -- |t Two. Ethiopian and Hyperborean -- |t Three. Wonders of the East -- |t Four. Ultima Thule and Beyond -- |t Five. Geography and Fiction -- |t Epilogue. After Columbus -- |t Index |
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| 520 | |a 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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