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Time and cosmos in Greco-Roman antiquity /

The Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity. Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks integrated them into a cosmological framework governed by mathematics and linking the cycles of the heavenly...

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Corporate Authors: New York University. Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Group Author: Jones, Alexander; Evans, James, 1948
Published: Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University ; Princeton University Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY : Princeton, NJ :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Time > History > Exhibitions
Time measurements > History > Exhibitions
Civilization, Greco-Roman > Exhibitions
Summary: The Greeks and Romans lived according to a distinctively Hellenic conception of time as an aspect of cosmic order and regularity. Appropriating ideas from Egypt and the Near East, the Greeks integrated them into a cosmological framework governed by mathematics and linking the cycles of the heavenly bodies to the human environment. From their cosmology they derived instruments for measuring and tracking the passage of time that were sophisticated embodiments of scientific reasoning and technical craft, meant not solely for the study of specialists and connoisseurs but for the public gaze. Tim
Item Description: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University, New York, October 19, 2016-April 23, 2017.
Carrier Form: 206 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-203).
ISBN: 9780691174402
0691174407
Index Number: QB214
CLC: P19-28
Call Number: P19-28/T583
Contents: Introduction /
Near East relations : Mesopotamia and Egypt /
Measuring the hours : sundials, water clocks, and portable sundials /
Days, months, years, and other time cycles /
Astrology in the Greco-Roman world /
Images of time and cosmic connection /
Roman imperial imagery of time and cosmos /
Exhibition checklist.

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