The edges of the earth in ancient thought : geography, exploration, and fiction / by Romm, James S., 1958-

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.…”