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Shaping the geography of empire : man and nature in Herodotus' Histories /

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Focusing on the depiction of the natural world in Herodotus' Histories, this volume explores the fluid and complex network of spatial relationships that emerges from his narrative, examining its significance for the analysis of focalization in the work and for understanding the role of geograph...

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Main Author: Clarke, Katherine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2018.
Subjects:
Herodotus. > History.
Herodotus > Knowledge > Geography.
Herodotus
History (Herodotus)
Geography in literature.
Historical geography.
Geography, Ancient.
Classical geography.
Géographie dans la littérature.
Géographie historique.
Géographie ancienne.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Classical geography
Geography
Geography, Ancient
Geography in literature
Historical geography
Electronic books.
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Summary:Focusing on the depiction of the natural world in Herodotus' Histories, this volume explores the fluid and complex network of spatial relationships that emerges from his narrative, examining its significance for the analysis of focalization in the work and for understanding the role of geography in the shaping of successive empires.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 355 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-339) and indexes.
ISBN:9780192552372
0192552376
9780191860270
0191860271