The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-13 : 0691037884
ISBN-10 : 9780691037882
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Download or read book The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought written by James S. Romm and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-09 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, 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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