Tan cerca, tan lejos. Asia menor en la percepción geográfica griega (de Homero al siglo IV a.C.)

• Autores: Francisco J. Gómez Espelosín
• Localización: Geografía y cartografía de la Antigüedad al Renacimiento: estudios en honor de Francesco Prontera / Encarnación Castro Páez (ed. lit.), Gonzalo Cruz Andreotti (ed. lit.), 2020, ISBN 978-84-18254-29-1, págs. 51-72
• Idioma: español
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• Resumen

  • Asia Minor was for the greeks a foreign and far place, despite its apparent geographical closeness and the frequent contacts with the reigns of Phrygia and Lidia during the archaic period. Only Herodotus’histories provides us with a partial view of its landscapes and peoples, mainly issued from the knowlwdge of military expeditions in this land. This was a privileged medium for a detailed information on inner Anatolian geography, such as it was the case with Xenophon´s Anabasis. This case is a good example for the general conditions and lack of resources that characterize the Greek view of foreign lands.