Brill's companion to ancient geography
Subtitle: the inhabited world in Greek and Roman tradition
By: edited by Serena Bianchetti, Michele R. Cataudella and Hans-Joachim Gehrke
Contributors: Cataudella, Michele R.; Greco, Alessandro; Gehrke, Hans-Joachim
Series: Brill's companions in classical studies
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9789004285118; 9789004284715
Subjects: Ancient Geography; Historical geography
Description: "Brill's Companion to Ancient Geography edited by S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke is the first collection of studies on historical geography of the ancient world that focuses on a selection of topics considered crucial for understanding the development of geographical thought. In this work, scholars, all of whom are specialists in a variety of fields, examine the interaction of humans with their environment and try to reconstruct the representations of the inhabited world in the works of ancient historians, scientists, and cartographers. Topics include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny and Solinus, Ptolemy, and the Peutinger Map. Other issues are also discussed such as onomastics, the boundaries of states, Pythagorism, sacred itineraries, measurement systems, and the Holy Land."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.