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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245 | 1 | 4 | |a The edges of the earth in ancient thought : |b geography, exploration, and fiction / |c James S. Romm. |
264 | 1 | |a Princeton, N.J. : |b Princeton University Press, |c ©1992. | |
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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. |
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650 | 7 | |a Littérature antique |x Thèmes, motifs. |2 ram | |
650 | 7 | |a Géographie |x Dans la littérature. |2 ram | |
650 | 7 | |a Géographie |x Histoire. |2 ram | |
650 | 7 | |a Géographie antique. |2 ram | |
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