The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought: Geography, Exploration, and FictionIntroduction: Geography as a Literary Tradition --The Boundaries of Earth --Boundaries and the Boundless --Ocean and Cosmic Disorder --Roads around the World --Herodotus and the Changing World Picture --Aristotle and After --Ethiopian and Hyperborean --The Blameless Ethiopians --The Fortunate Hyperboreans --Arimaspians and Scythians --The Kunokephaloi --Wonders of the East --Before Alexander --Marvel-Collectors and Critics --The Late Romance Tradition --Ultima Thule and Beyond --Antipodal Ambitions --The North Sea Coast --The Headwaters of the Nile --The Atlantic Horizon --Geography and Fiction --Ocean and Poetry --The Voyage of Odysseus --Pytheas, Euhemerus, and Others --The Fictions of Exploration --Epilogue: After Columbus. |
Contents
The Boundaries of Earth | 9 |
Boundaries and the Boundless | 11 |
Ocean and Cosmic Disorder | 20 |
Roads around the World | 26 |
Herodotus and the Changing World Picture | 32 |
Aristotle and After | 41 |
Ethiopian and Hyperborean | 45 |
The Blameless Ethiopians | 49 |
The Late Romance Tradition | 109 |
Ultima Thule and Beyond | 121 |
Antipodal Ambitions | 124 |
The North Sea Coast | 140 |
The Headwaters of the Nile | 149 |
The Atlantic Horizon | 156 |
Geography and Fiction | 172 |
Ocean and Poetry | 176 |
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