World Map of the The Geography of Homer

JF Ptak Science Books  Quick Post

• "For the paths of night and of day are near"--Odyssey, X 86.

Map of the Outer Geography of the Odyssey and the Form of the Earth According to Homer is a wonderful map of the creation of Homer (ca. before 900 BCE), across the Soundless Sea to the outer bounds of the paths of the oceans.

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• This map is available for purchase at our blog's bookstore, here.  

A fine collection of ten other Homeric World maps can be found (with a lengthy essay) at Cartographic Images, here.  

And reference page for the map above: