Description: "Focusing on the Greek world during the high Roman Empire between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, this edited volume examines the representation of space in literary, rhetorical, and mythographic texts of the period. Authors under discussion include major figures such as Dio of Prusa, Aelius Aristides, Arrian, Lucian, and Philostratus. Texts by Apollodorus, Alciphron, Aelian, Artemidorus, and Pausanias also receive attention, along with the Alexander Romance and Egyptian apocalyptic narratives"--
Brief description: Janet Downie is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
Review Quotes: "This book grabs hold of the 'spatial turn' in classics and makes its mark via the fascinating thematic lens of topographia." --Emma Greensmith, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Oxford, UK