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- catalog abstract "The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.".
- catalog contributor b3550231.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "The "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition, surveyed here, revealing that the Greeks, and to a somewhat lesser extent the Romans, saw geography not as a branch of physical science but as an important literary genre.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 228 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Edges of the earth in ancient thought.".
- catalog identifier "0691069336 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Edges of the earth in ancient thought.".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog relation "Edges of the earth in ancient thought.".
- catalog subject "809/.93591 20".
- catalog subject "Classical literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Geography in literature.".
- catalog subject "PA3015.G44 R65 1992".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "The edges of the earth in ancient thought : geography, exploration, and fiction / James S. Romm.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".