The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction by James Romm

The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and Fiction

James Romm

248 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these edges of the earth became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughou...

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