Numbers and numeracy in the Greek polis / / edited by Robert Sing, Tazuko van Berkel, and Robin Osborne.

"We tend to think of numbers as inherently objective and precise. Yet the diverse ways in which ancient Greeks used numbers illustrates that counting is actually shaped by context-specific and culturally-dependent choices: what should be counted and how, who should count, and how should the res...

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Superior document:Mnemosyne, Supplements, history and archaeology of classical antiquity ; volume 446
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; 446.
Physical Description:1 online resource (297 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
Notes:Includes index.
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