Purves, Alex C.,  1972- <br/><br/>
Space and time in ancient Greek narrative / 
Alex C. Purves. 
 - New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2010. 
 - xi, 273 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Includes passages in Greek with English translations. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521190985 (hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geography in literature.<br/>Space and time in literature.<br/>Greek literature--History and criticism.