The periphery of the classical world in ancient geography and cartography
By: edited by Alexander V. Podossinov
Series: Colloquia Antiqua : supplements to the journal Ancient west & east -- 12; Colloquia Antiqua (Series) -- 12.
Publisher: Peeters Leuven
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Leuven; Walpole, MA
Language: eng; fre; ger
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9789042929234
Subjects: Ancient Geography; Cartography; Classical geography; History
Description: "Dedicated to the problems of centre and periphery in the ancient world in their historical and geographical aspects. These problems are discussed here within a broad chronological scope: from the Mycenaean period, through the flourishing of geographical science in Hellenistic times, to the Roman period, represented by the names of Strabo, Pomponius Mela, Pliny and Ptolemy."--Publishers website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English, one French and two German contributions.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Periphery of the Classical World as Seen from the Centre. Mastering the Oikoumene  -- Alexander V. Podossinov; title: Sail-free via Malea : the Wind from Kaikos in the Cultural and Military Context of the Eastern Mediterranean of the Second Half of the 2nd Millennium BC  -- Nikolai N. Kazansky; title: Centre et peŕipheŕie dans les mappemondes grecques  -- Francesco Pronetera; title: Mapping the Edges the Earth: Approaches and Cartographical Problems  -- Pascal Arnaud; title: The Oxus and the Caspian Sea in the Ancient Geography of the Classical World  -- Igor V. Pyankov; title: Figueren eines Erdteils: Das Afrika der Alten  -- Pietro Janni; title: Pomponius Mela's Chorography and Hellenistic Scientific Geography  -- Dmitry A. Shcheglov; title: Die Alexandergrun̈dungen in den Nordiranischen Lan̈dern im Lichte der geographischen Tradition der Antike  -- Marek Jan Olbrycht; title: The Northern Black Sea Region in the Geography of Strabo  -- Lubov I. Gratsianskaya; title: The Indians in Northern Europe? On the Ancient Roman Notion of the Configuration of Eurasia  -- Alexander V. Podossinov; title: Goidelic Hydronyms in Ptolemy's Geography: Myth behind the Name -- Grigory V. Bondarenko.