Space and time in ancient Greek narrative/

Main Author: Purves, Alex C., 1972-
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Table of 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.