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Illiterate geography in classical Athens and Rome / Daniela Dueck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dueck, Daniela, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Routledge monographs in classical studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classical geography--Study and teaching--History.
- Classical geography.
- Illiterate persons--Greece--Athens.
- Illiterate persons.
- Illiterate persons--Rome.
- Geography--Study and teaching--Greece--Athens.
- Geography.
- Geography--Study and teaching--Rome.
- Education, Greek--Social aspects.
- Education, Greek.
- Education--Social aspects--Rome.
- Education.
- Social aspects.
- Geography--Study and teaching.
- History.
- Greece--Athens.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Daniela Dueck is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Bar Ilan University, Israel. Her research interest is in ancient Greek and Roman geography. Her published books include, among other books and articles, Geography in Classical Antiquity (2012) and The Routledge Companion to Strabo (2017).
- Contents:
- <P><EM>Lists of figures</EM></P><P><EM>List of maps</EM></P><P><EM>Acknowledgements </EM></P><P><EM>List of abbreviations</EM></P><P></P><P>Chapter One
- Evaluating the unwritten and the unread </P><P>Chapter Two
- Speeches </P><P>Chapter Three
- Drama </P><P>Chapter Four
- Proverbs and idioms </P><P>Chapter Five
- Spectacles and public shows </P><P>Chapter Six
- Visualizing geography </P><P>Chapter Seven
- The scope of an illiterate geography </P><P></P><P>Appendices </P><UL><P><LI>Appendix A
- Lists of place-names in speeches </LI><P></P><P><LI>Appendix B
- Lists of place-names in dramatic plays</LI><P></P><P><LI>Appendix C
- Selection of Greek geographic and ethnographic proverbs and idioms</LI><P></P><P><LI>Appendix D
- Selection of Latin geographic and ethnographic proverbs and idioms</LI><P></P><P><LI>Appendix E
- List of place-names in Olympic victor lists </LI><P></P><P><LI>Appendix F
- List of place-names in the <I>Fasti Triumphales </I>264/3-19 BCE</LI><P></P></UL><P></P><P>Bibliography </P><P>Index</P>
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 11, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000225044
- 1000225046
- 9781000225020
- 100022502X
- 9781000225037
- 1000225038
- 9781003014737
- 1003014739
- Publisher Number:
- 40030324347
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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