Geography in Classical Antiquity

Daniela (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) Dueck

Cambridge University Press, 2012

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This book explores the beginnings and development of geographical ideas in Classical antiquity and demonstrates technical methods for describing landscape, topographies and ethnographies. The survey relies on a variety of sources: philosophical and scientific texts but also poems and travelogues; papyrological remains and visual monuments.

ISBN-13
9780521197885
ISBN-10
0521197880
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2012
Publication date
2012-04-26
Pages
160
Dimensions
229x152x11
Weight
390