{"product_id":"conceptions-of-the-watery-world-in-greco-roman-antiquity-paperback","title":"Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorgia L. Irby\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores ancient efforts to explain the scientific, philosophical, and spiritual aspects of water. From the ancient point of view, we investigate many questions including: How does water help shape the world? What is the nature of the ocean? What causes watery weather, including superstorms and snow? How does water affect health, as a vector of disease or of healing? What is the nature of deep-sea-creatures (including sea monsters)? What spiritual forces can protect those who must travel on water? This first complete study of water in the ancient imagination makes a major contribution to classics, geography, hydrology and the history of science alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWater is an essential resource that affects every aspect of human life, and its metamorphic properties gave license to the ancient imagination to perceive watery phenomena as the product of visible and invisible forces. As such, it was a source of great curiosity for the Greeks and Romans who sought to control the natural world by understanding it, and who, despite technological limitations, asked interesting questions about the origins and characteristics of water and its influences on land, weather, and living creatures, both real and imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeorgia L. Irby\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Classical Studies at William and Mary, USA. Her many books include \u003ci\u003eMilitary Religion in Roman Britain\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eGreek Science of the Hellenistic Era: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Paul Keyser, 2002), \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek Tradition and its Many Heirs\u003c\/i\u003e (edited with Paul Keyser, 2008), \u003ci\u003eA New Latin Primer\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mary C. English, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Science, Technology and Medicine in Ancient Greece and Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (2 volumes, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47457051869437,"sku":"9781350239449","price":80.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/ZS9kZWpwcEcyTkhsMW1nSGxkTVNVQT09.webp?v=1777233990","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/conceptions-of-the-watery-world-in-greco-roman-antiquity-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}