Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (902 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784539074 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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His previous books include The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes (2014); Cleopatra: A Biography (2010); Through the Pillars of Herakles: Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic (2005); and The Building Program of Herod the Great (1998). Duane W. Roller is professor emeritus of Gre
Anyone whose imagination is fired by the absorbing puzzle of how the Greeks and Romans envisioned and recorded their surroundings both near and far should read this important book.' - Richard J A Talbert, William Rand Kenan, Jr., Professor of History and Classics, University of North Carolina, editor of Ancient Perspectives: Maps and Their Place in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome . Ancient Geography immediately eclipses the introductions to the subject offered by previous scholars and should hold its place as the single key treatment of the topic for generations to come for classicists, geographers and historians alik
In this, the first major study of ancient geography and geographers to be published in English for more than 60 years, Duane Roller offers a comprehensive account of these ancient pioneers and the frontiers that defined their world.From the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity, Roller maps the development of geographical scholarship from its incipient beginnings in the literature of Hesiod, Homer, Herodotus, and the tragedians through to the learned compendia of Posidonius and Strabo – and the scientific discoveries of Pythagoras, Eratosthenes, and Euclid that made it all possible.A vital resource for students and scholars alike, Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome is the definitive guide to how the triumphs and the errors of antiquity laid the foundations for millennia of voyaging and exploration. . There was Alexander the Great: the man who sought to reach the very ends of the known world and whose empire spanned three
Compact, clear and authoritative Geography and medicine are the principal places in ancient thought at which the study of humankind and the study of physical things intersect. Geography itself has a large intersection with astronomy: notions like the cardinal directions can be defined using the celestial sphere, and various celestial phenomena are involved with determining latitude and longitude (for longitude, eclipses matter).This is a perfect book introducing geographical thought in antiquity. There are many classical writers of poetry and prose who mention geographical topics in passing, and Roller does a masterful job curating