Brill's Companion To Ancient Geography: The Inhabited World In Greek And Roman Tradition Companion To Ancient Geography Ancient Geography Inhabited World In Greek And Roman Tradition

Brill's Companion To Ancient Geography Edited By S. Bianchetti, M. R. Cataudella, H. J. Gehrke Is The First Collection Of Studies On Historical Geography Of The Ancient World That Focuses On A Selection Of Topics Considered Crucial For Understanding The Development Of Geographical Thought. In This Work, Scholars, All Of Whom Are Specialists In A Variety Of Fields, Examine The Interaction Of Humans With Their Environment And Try To Reconstruct The Representations Of The Inhabited World In The Works Of Ancient Historians, Scientists, And Cartographers. Topics Include: Eudoxus, Dicaearchus, Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Agatharchides, Agrippa, Strabo, Pliny And Solinus, Ptolemy, And The Peutinger Map. Other Issues Are Also Discussed Such As Onomastics, The Boundaries Of States, Pythagorism, Sacred Itineraries, Measurement Systems, And The Holy Land.-- Persian Geography And The Ionians: Herodotus / Reinhold Bichler -- The Sea Of The Greeks And Romans / Pietro Janni -- The Concept Of “magna Graecia” And The Pythagoreans / Gianfranco Maddoli -- Systems Of Borders In Ancient Greece / Giovanna Daverio Rocchi -- The “revolution” Of Alexander The Great: Old And New In The World’s View / Hans-joachim Gehrke -- Geographical Description And Historical Narrative In The Tradition On Alexander’s Expedition / Veronica Bucciantini -- Some Scientific Approaches: Eudoxus Of Cnidus And Dicaearchus Of Messene / Michele R. Cataudella -- The “invention” Of Geography: Eratosthenes Of Cyrene / Serena Bianchetti -- Progress In The Sciences: Astronomy And Hipparchus / Klaus Geus -- The Indian Ocean From Agatharchides Of Cnidus To The Periplus Maris Erythraei / Didier Marcotte -- The So-called Confusion Between India And Ethiopia: The Eastern And Southern Edges Of The Inhabited World From The Greco-roman Perspective / Pierre Schneider -- Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa And His Geographical Work / Pascal Arnaud -- The Romans And The World’s Measure / Anne Kolb -- Strabo’s Geography / Francesco Prontera -- News From The East? Roman-age Geographers And The Pontus Euxinus / Eckart Olshausen -- Rome And Iberia: The Making Of A Cultural Geography / Gonzalo Cruz Andreotti -- The Geographies Of Pliny And His ‘ape’ Solinus / Kai Brodersen -- The “revolution” Of Ptolemy / Germaine Aujac -- The Tabula Peutingeriana And Antique Cartography / Michael Rathmann -- Geography And Religion: The Lists Of The Thearodokoi / Emilio Galvagno -- Eusebius And The Representation Of The Holy Land / Jan. R. Stenger. Edited By Serena Bianchetti, Michele R. Cataudella And Hans-joachim Gehrke. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 399-457) And Indexes. Part 1: Geography before Geography 1 Reinhold Bichler: Persian Geography and the Ionians: Herodotus 2 Pietro Janni: The Sea of the Greeks and Romans 3 Gianfranco Maddoli: The Concept of “Magna Graecia” and the Pythagoreans 4 Giovanna Daverio Rocchi: Systems of Borders in Ancient Greece 5 Hans-Joachim Gehrke: The “Revolution” of Alexander the Great: Old and New in the World’s View 6 Veronica Bucciantini: Geographical Description and Historical Narrative in the Tradition on Alexander’s Expedition Part 2: Geography between Science and Politics A. Geographical Science 7 Michele R. Cataudella: Some Scientific Approaches: Eudoxus of Cnidus and Dicaearchus of Messene 8 Serena Bianchetti: The “Invention” of Geography: Eratosthenes of Cyrene 9 Klaus Geus: Progress in the Sciences: Astronomy and Hipparchus B. The Thought of the Farthest Horizon in the Greek and Roman Tradition 10 Didier Marcotte: The Indian Ocean from Agatharchides of Cnidus to the Periplus Maris Erythraei 11 Pierre Schneider: The So-called Confusion between India and Ethiopia: The Eastern and Southern Edges of the Inhabited World from the Greco-Roman Perspective C. Geography and Politics in the Roman Empire 12 Pascal Arnaud: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his Geographical Work 13 Anne Kolb: The Romans and the World’s Measure 14 Francesco Prontera: Strabo’s Geography 15 Eckart Olshausen: News from the East? Roman-Age Geographers and the Pontus Euxinus 16 Gonzalo Cruz Andreotti: Rome and Iberia: The Making of a Cultural Geography 17 Kai Brodersen: The Geographies of Pliny and his ‘Ape’ Solinus D. Cartographical Science in Alexandria 18 Germaine Aujac: The “Revolution” of Ptolemy Part 3: Geographical Rebounds 19 Michael Rathmann: The Tabula Peutingeriana and Antique Cartography 20 Emilio Galvagno: Geography and Religion: The Lists of the Thearodokoi 21 Jan R. Stenger: Eusebius and the Representation of the Holy Land Preliminary Material -- 1 Persian Geography and the Ionians: Herodotus /Reinhold Bichler -- 2 The Sea of the Greeks and Romans /Pietro Janni -- 3 The Concept of “Magna Graecia” and the Pythagoreans /Gianfranco Maddoli -- 4 Systems of Borders in Ancient Greece /Giovanna Daverio Rocchi -- 5 The “Revolution” of Alexander the Great: Old and New in the World's View /Hans-Joachim Gehrke -- 6 Geographical Description and Historical Narrative in the Tradition on Alexander's Expedition /Veronica Bucciantini -- 7 Some Scientific Approaches: Eudoxus of Cnidus and Dicaearchus of Messene /Michele R. Cataudella -- 8 The “Invention” of Geography: Eratosthenes of Cyrene /Serena Bianchetti -- 9 Progress in the Sciences: Astronomy and Hipparchus /Klaus Geus -- 10 The Indian Ocean from Agatharchides of Cnidus to the Periplus Maris Erythraei /Didier Marcotte -- 11 The So-called Confusion between India and Ethiopia: The Eastern and Southern Edges of the Inhabited World from the Greco-Roman Perspective /Pierre Schneider -- 12 Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and his Geographical Work /Pascal Arnaud -- 13 The Romans and the World's Measure /Anne Kolb -- 14 Strabo's Geography /Francesco Prontera -- 15 News from the East? Roman-Age Geographers and the Pontus Euxinus /Eckart Olshausen -- 16 Rome and Iberia: The Making of a Cultural Geography /Gonzalo Cruz Andreotti -- 17 The Geographies of Pliny and his 'Ape' Solinus /Kai Brodersen -- 18 The “Revolution” of Ptolemy /Germaine Aujac -- 19 The Tabula Peutingeriana and Antique Cartography /Michael Rathmann -- 20 Geography and Religion: The Lists of the Thearodokoi /Emilio Galvagno -- 21 Eusebius and the Representation of the Holy Land /Jan R. Stenger -- Bibliography -- Index of Geographical Names -- Index Locorum -- Index of Personal Names and Selected Technical Terms