The Edges Of The Earth In Ancient Thought
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The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
Author | : James S. Romm |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2019-07-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0691201706 |
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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. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, 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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