Cosmography In The Greco-roman World
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A01=David Barrado Navascues
Alexandrian Science
Ancient Cosmography
Ancient Geography
Ancient Scientific Instruments
Archaic Greek Astronomy
Author_David Barrado Navascues
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Classical Astronomy
Claudius Ptolemy Geographia
Cross-Cultural Scientific Exchange
Development of Cosmography in Ancient Greece
Egyptian Astronomical Knowledge
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Exploration in Antiquity
forthcoming
Geocentrism
Greco-Roman Science
Greek and Roman Cosmology
Greek Philosophical Schools
Heliocentrism
Hellenistic Astronomy
Hesiod and Homer Cosmology
History of Ancient Astronomy
Late Antiquity Science
Mapping the Cosmos in Antiquity
Medieval Reception of Greek Science
Mediterranean Intellectual History
Mesopotamian Astronomy Influence
Monasteries and Scientific Transmission
Pax Romana Intellectual Culture
Presocratic Science
Transmission of Ancient Knowledge
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- ISBN 9781800619579
- Publication Date: 21 Aug 2026
- Publisher: World Scientific Europe Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book offers a rich and wide-ranging account of the development of cosmography in Antiquity, specifically in ancient Greece and the Roman Empire. Representing the confluence of geography and astronomy, cosmography played a central role in shaping early scientific thought and humanity's understanding of the world. By tracing how the ancients mapped both the Earth and the cosmos, the book explores not only the evolution of scientific knowledge but also its entanglement with politics, culture, and society.Beginning with archaic cosmographic ideas in the works of Homer and Hesiod, the study follows the discipline's transformation through to the Classical and Hellenistic periods, before examining its reception and adaptation in the Roman Empire and its legacy in medieval Europe. It engages closely with the major thinkers and texts of the Mediterranean world, highlighting the dynamic exchanges between competing intellectual traditions and the political and cultural contexts in which they developed. Particular attention is given to cross-cultural influences, including knowledge inherited from Mesopotamia and Egypt. Drawing extensively on primary sources, the book weaves together a diverse range of voices to show how cosmography both shaped—and was shaped by—the shifting fortunes of intellectual traditions, cultures, and empires.
