The edges of the earth in ancient thought : geography, exploration, and fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Romm, James S., 1958-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princetown (New Jersey) : Princetown University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Geography as a Literary Tradition
  • The Boundaries of Earth
  • Boundaries and the Boundless
  • Ocean and Cosmic Disorder
  • Roads around the World
  • Herodotus and the Changing World Picture
  • Aristotle and After
  • Ethiopian and Hyperborean
  • The Blameless Ethiopians
  • The Fortunate Hyperboreans
  • Arimaspians and Scythians
  • The Kunokephaloi
  • Wonders of the East
  • Before Alexander
  • Marvel-Collectors and Critics
  • The Late Romance Tradition
  • Ultima Thule and Beyond
  • Antipodal Ambitions
  • The North Sea Coast
  • The Headwaters of the Nile
  • The Atlantic Horizon
  • Geography and Fiction
  • Ocean and Poetry
  • The Voyage of Odysseus
  • Pytheas, Euhemerus, and Others
  • The Fictions of Exploration
  • Epilogue: After Columbus.