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Ancient Greek mariners

Author:	Walter Woodburn Hyde
Publisher:	New York, Oxford university press, 1947.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871-1966. Ancient Greek mariners. New York, Oxford university press, 1947 (OCoLC)577163732 Online version: Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871-1966. Ancient Greek mariners. New York, Oxford university press, 1947 (OCoLC)609425773
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Walter Woodburn Hyde Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	1805040
Description:	x p., 1 l., 360 p. maps (3 double) 23 cm.
Contents:	I. INTRODUCTION: THE GREEKS AS GEOGRAPHERS: Greek theories of astronomy and geographer -- Sources for the Greek story of the sea -- Roman navigation. II. PREDECESSORS OF THE GREEKS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: The Egyptians -- The Minoans or Cretans -- The Phoenicians -- Carthage -- The Carians. III. THE DISCOVERY OF THE AEGEAN AND BLACK SEAS: THE ARGONAUTS. IV. THE ADVENTURES OF ODYSSEUS: Homeric cosmography and geography -- Mythical identifications in antiquity -- Modern identifications of Odyssey sites -- Menelaus' return. V. GREEK COLONIAL EXPANSION AND SPHERES OF INFLUENCE: Spheres of influence -- Hesiod -- Hecataeus -- The younger Scylax. VI. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ATLANTIC ABOVE THE PILLARS OF HERACLES: Himilco -- Pytheas -- The Romans. VIII. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ATLANTIC BELOW THE PILLARS OF HERACLES: Hanno -- The Fortunate Isles -- Atlantis -- America. VIII. THE DISCOVERY OF THE ASIATIC COAST OF THE INDICAN OCEAN: Scylax -- Nearchus -- Alexander's plans. IX. FURTHER DISCOVERIES ALONG THE RED SEA AND THE SOUTH ASIATIC COASTS: Alexandria and the Ptolemies -- Agatharchides -- Eudoxus -- Hippalus. X. THE FIRST-CENTURY 'PERIPLUS OF THE ERYTHRAEAN SEA' AND THE FAR EAST: The African Cruise -- The Asiatic Cruise. XI. THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF AFRICA: Necho II -- Sataspes -- Eudoxus -- Dias, da Gama, and Magellan. XII. THE MYSTERY OF THE NILE: The river -- Pharaonic exploration -- The Persians and Cambyses -- The Greeks and Herodotus -- Herodotus on the Nile Inundations -- Herodotus and the Nile source -- The Nile and the Niger -- The Ptolemies -- The Romans of the Empire -- Diogenes' discovery of the Nile source -- Modern exploration. EPILOGUE: GEOGRAPHY AFTER PTOLEMY: The value of Greek navigation -- Handicaps of Greek mariners.
Responsibility:	[by] Walter Woodburn Hyde.

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