Illiterate geography in classical Athens and Rome

by Dueck, Daniela

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Title Statements

Full title :Illiterate geography in classical Athens and Rome / Daniela Dueck.

Summary

This study is devoted to the channels through which geographic knowledge circulated in classical societies outside of textual transmission. It explores understanding of geography among the non-elites, as opposed to scholarly and scientific geography solely in written form which was the province of a very small number of learned people. It deals with non-literary knowledge of geography, geography not derived from texts, as it was available to people, educated or not, who did not read geographic works. This main issue is composed of two central questions: how, if at all, was geographic data available outside of textual transmission and in contexts in which there was no need to write or read? And what could the public know of geography? In general, three groups of sources are relevant to this quest: oral communications preserved in writing; public non-textual performances; and visual artefacts and monuments. All of these are examined as potential sources for the aural and visual geographic knowledge of Greco-Roman publics. This volume will be of interest to anyone working on geography in the ancient world and to those studying non-elite culture.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2021

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2021

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : : illustrations, maps.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781003014737, 1003014739, 9781000225044, 1000225046, 9781000225020, 100022502X, 9781000225037, 1000225038
DOI:10.4324/9781003014737
oclc:on1222802073
LC Classification:DE31
Dewey Decimal:913

Evaluating the unwritten and the unread -- Speeches -- Drama -- Proverbs and idioms -- Spectacles and public shows -- Visualizing geography -- The scope of an illiterate geography -- Appendix A. Lists of place-names in speeches -- Appendix B. Lists of place-names in dramatic plays -- Appendix C. Selection of Greek geographic and ethnographic proverbs and idioms -- Appendix D. Selection of Latin geographic and ethnographic proverbs and idioms -- Appendix E. List of place-names in Olympic victor lists -- Appendix F. List of place-names in the Fasti Triumphales 264/3-19 BCE.

Subjects

Analphabètes -- Grèce Analphabètes -- Rome Classical geography Classical geography -- Study and teachi… Education -- Social aspects Education -- Social aspects -- Rome Éducation grecque -- Aspect social Education, Greek -- Social aspects Géographie -- Étude et enseignement -- … Géographie -- Étude et enseignement -- … Géographie ancienne -- Étude et enseign… Geography -- Study and teaching Geography -- Study and teaching -- Gree… Geography -- Study and teaching -- Rome Greece -- Athens HISTORY / Ancient / General Illiterate persons Illiterate persons -- Greece Illiterate persons -- Rome Rome (Empire)