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Human landscapes in classical antiquity : environment and culture / edited by Graham Shipley and John Salmon

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 6.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 344 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780203298329
  • 0203298322
  • 9780203426906
  • 0203426908
  • 9780415107556
  • 0415107555
  • 9786610157518
  • 6610157510
  • 9781134841653
  • 1134841655
  • 9781280157516
  • 1280157518
  • 1134841647
  • 9781134841646
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human landscapes in classical antiquity.DDC classification:
  • 304.2/0938 23
LOC classification:
  • DE61.E25 H85 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Ancient history and landscape histories / Graham Shipley -- Ecology and pseudo-ecology / Oliver Rackham -- Feeling the earth move / Lin Foxhall -- Uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece / Hamish Forbes -- Countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes / Jim Roy -- Ancient hunting / Robin Lane Fox -- Where was the wilderness in Roman times / Catherine Delano Smith -- Rome and the management of water / Nicholas Purcell -- First fruit? / David J. Mattingly -- Barren fields? / Neil Christie -- Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the elder / Mary Beagon -- Cosmic sympathies / Gillian Clark
Summary: Examines whether today's environmental concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world and how their perceptions affected society
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Examines whether today's environmental concerns can help illuminate our study of the ancient world. The contributors consider how the Greeks and Romans perceived their natural world and how their perceptions affected society

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Ancient history and landscape histories / Graham Shipley -- Ecology and pseudo-ecology / Oliver Rackham -- Feeling the earth move / Lin Foxhall -- Uses of the uncultivated landscape in modern Greece / Hamish Forbes -- Countryside in classical Greek drama, and isolated farms in dramatic landscapes / Jim Roy -- Ancient hunting / Robin Lane Fox -- Where was the wilderness in Roman times / Catherine Delano Smith -- Rome and the management of water / Nicholas Purcell -- First fruit? / David J. Mattingly -- Barren fields? / Neil Christie -- Nature and views of her landscapes in Pliny the elder / Mary Beagon -- Cosmic sympathies / Gillian Clark

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