Space and time in ancient Greek narrative / Alex C. Purves
- Author:
- Purves, Alex C., 1972-
- Published:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 273 pages ; 24 cm
- Language Note:
- Includes passages in Greek with English translations.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the perfect surveyor -- The eusynoptic Iliad : visualizing space and movement in the poem -- Paths and measures : epic space and the Odyssey -- The world in the hand : Anaximander, Pherecydes, and the invention of cartography -- Map and narrative : Herodotus's histories -- Losing the way home : Xenophon's Anabasis -- Finding (things at) home : Xenophon's Oeconomicus.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780521190985 (hardback)
0521190983 (hardback) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references ( pages 235-255) and indexes.
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