Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? I…
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Duiḳ, Daniʼelah
fromKey themes in ancient history
What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? I…
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Duiḳ, Daniʼelah
fromKey themes in ancient history
"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
"What were the limits of knowledge of the physical world in Greek and Roman antiquity? How far did travellers get and what did they know about far-away regions? How did they describe foreign countries and peoples? How did they measure the earth, and distances and heights on it? …
Geography in classical antiquity
by Brodersen, Kai, Dueck, Daniela
fromKey themes in ancient history
An introduction to the earliest ideas of geography in antiquity and how much knowledge there was of the physical world.
Strabo's Geography, completed in the early first century AD, is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author's The Geography of Str…
"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern transl…
"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern transl…
