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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction /
The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, 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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1992.
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : |b Geography, Exploration, and Fiction / |c James S. Romm. |
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction: Geography as a Literary Tradition -- |t The Boundaries of Earth -- |t Boundaries and the Boundless -- |t Ocean and Cosmic Disorder -- |t Roads around the World -- |t Herodotus and the Changing World Picture -- |t Aristotle and After -- |t Ethiopian and Hyperborean -- |t The Blameless Ethiopians -- |t The Fortunate Hyperboreans -- |t Arimaspians and Scythians -- |t The Kunokephaloi -- |t Wonders of the East -- |t Before Alexander -- |t Marvel-Collectors and Critics -- |t The Late Romance Tradition -- |t Ultima Thule and Beyond -- |t Antipodal Ambitions -- |t The North Sea Coast -- |t The Headwaters of the Nile -- |t The Atlantic Horizon -- |t Geography and Fiction -- |t Ocean and Poetry -- |t The Voyage of Odysseus -- |t Pytheas, Euhemerus, and Others -- |t The Fictions of Exploration -- |t Epilogue: After Columbus. |
| 520 | |a The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, 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. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-200. |2 swd |
| 650 | 0 | 7 | |a Ideengeschichte Anfänge-500. |2 swd |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geographie dans la litterature. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Terre |x Dans la litterature. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geographie antique. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geographie |x Histoire. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geographie |x Dans la litterature. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Litterature antique |x Themes, motifs. |2 ram | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Miscelanea latina (literatura) |2 larpcal | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Miscelanea grega (literatura) |2 larpcal | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geografia (historia) |2 larpcal | |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Wereldbeeld. |2 gtt |
| 650 | 1 | 7 | |a Klassieke oudheid. |2 gtt |
| 650 | 7 | |a Weltende |g Grenze |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Weltbild |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Literatur |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Exotismus |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Antike |2 gnd | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Geography in literature. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00940561 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a Classical literature. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00863509 | |
| 650 | 7 | |a HISTORY |x Ancient |x General. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY |x Literary. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Geographie dans la litterature. | |
| 650 | 6 | |a Litterature ancienne |x Histoire et critique. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Geography in literature. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Classical literature |x History and criticism. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Criticism, interpretation, etc. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 | |
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