Conversing with chaos in Greco-Roman antiquity : writing and reading environmental disorder in ancient texts /
"Contributors from across the globe examine the transformation and co-construction of ancient landscapes through natural and human processes. Their essays consider a range of evidence, from myths and philosophical treatises to epigraphic evidence and archaeological remains, but they all reveal...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic/Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2025.
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| Series: | Ancient environments.
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| Summary: | "Contributors from across the globe examine the transformation and co-construction of ancient landscapes through natural and human processes. Their essays consider a range of evidence, from myths and philosophical treatises to epigraphic evidence and archaeological remains, but they all reveal the ways in which humankind constructs stories about its environment - and how these stories facilitate the construction of ancient environments as living entities, respondent (maybe even vulnerable) to human actions and decision-making"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 216 pages : 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350344198 1350344192 9781350344235 1350344230 |