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Greek and Roman calendars : constructions of time in the classical world /
The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury,
2005.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends on the possession of a means of regularising its activities over time. That means is a calendar, and its regularity is a function of how well it models the more or less regular movements of the celestial bodies - of the moon, the sun or the stars. Greek and Roman Calendars examines the ancient calendar as just such a time-piece, whose elements are readily described in astronomical and mathematical terms. The story of these calendars is one of a continuous struggle to maintain a correspondence with the regularity of the seasons and the sun, d. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (177 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781849667517 1849667519 |