The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought : : Geography, Exploration, and Fiction / / James S. Romm.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Romm, James S.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Works Frequently Cited --; Introduction --; One . The Boundaries of Earth --; Two. Ethiopian and Hyperborean --; Three. Wonders of the East --; Four. Ultima Thule and Beyond --; Five. Geography and Fiction --; Epilogue. After Columbus --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691201702; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691201702?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James S. Romm.

For the Greeks and Romans the earth's farthest perimeter was a realm radically different from what they perceived as central and human. The alien qualities of these "edges of the earth" became the basis of a literary tradition that endured throughout antiquity and into the Renaissance, despite the growing challenges of emerging scientific perspectives. Here James Romm surveys this tradition, 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.