The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

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For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. This book reveals 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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For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. This book reveals 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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Format: Paperback
Pages: 248
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 01 Nov 1994
ISBN 10: 9780691037
ISBN 13: 9780691037882

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

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$48.65

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$48.65

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