Space and time in ancient Greek narrative
By: Alex C. Purves
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; grc
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780521190985
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Includes passages in Greek with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the perfect surveyor; title: The eusynoptic Iliad : visualizing space and movement in the poem; title: Paths and measures : epic space and the Odyssey; title: The world in the hand : Anaximander, Pherecydes, and the invention of cartography; title: Map and narrative : Herodotus's histories; title: Losing the way home : Xenophon's Anabasis; title: Finding (things at) home : Xenophon's Oeconomicus.