Space and time in ancient Greek narrative - Purves, Alex C., 1972- (New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Introduction : The perfect surveyor ; The eusynoptic Iliad : visualizing space and movement in the poem ; Paths and measures : Epic space and the Odyssey ; The world in the hand : Anaximander, Pherecydes, and the invention of cartography ; Map and narrative : Herodotus's histories ; Losing the way home : Xenophon's Anabasis ; Finding (things at) home : Xenophon's Oeconomicus.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Includes passages in Greek with English translations.
Keywords: Geography in literature; Space and time in literature; Greek literature -- History and criticism