[PDF.24dj] The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought

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 | #1658121 in Books |  Princeton University Press |  1992-06-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x6.00 x1.00l, | File type: PDF | 252 pages

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||7 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| How did the ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other civilizations view the Earth?|By Roger D. Launius|James S. Romm, professor of classics at Bard College, undertakes a decidedly sophisticated literary turn to analyze the manner in which the ancients perceived the far reaches of the Earth. He finds that they approached geography as much as a form of narrative fiction as a

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,...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought   |  James S. Romm. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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