| Ancient Geography: The Discovery of the World in Classical Greece and Rome Contributor(s): Roller, Duane W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1784539074 ISBN-13: 9781784539078 Publisher: Continnuum-3PL OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 913 |
| Series: Library of Classical Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.5" (0.75 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since then new texts have appeared (such as the Artemidoros palimpsest), and new editions of existing texts (by geographical authorities who include Agatharchides, Eratosthenes, Pseudo-Skylax and Strabo) have been produced. There has been much archaeological research, especially at the perimeters of the Greek world, and a more accurate understanding of ancient geography and geographers has emerged. The topic is therefore overdue a fresh and sustained treatment. In offering precisely that, Duane Roller explores important topics like knowledge of the world in the Bronze Age and Archaic periods; Greek expansion into the Black Sea and the West; the Pythagorean concept of the earth as a globe; the invention of geography as a discipline by Eratosthenes; Polybios the explorer; Strabo's famous Geographica; the travels of Alexander the Great; Roman geography; Ptolemy and late antiquity; and the cultural reawakening of antique geographical knowledge in the Renaissance, including Columbus' use of ancient sources. |