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School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics · ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
How did the Greeks and Romans construct a map of the world they lived in? How did people in antiquity imagine the world, or their own neighbourhood? When they travelled, what sort of mental map did they use? This course will range from the practicalities and purposes of travel in the ancient world to the intellectual frameworks of geographers. How did travellers communicate their knowledge of the world to each other and to the audience of armchair travellers? And how did the knowledge gained by travellers inform the work of geographers? Students will read a range of ancient sources in translation, including Herodotos, Strabo, Pausanias and Ptolemy, as well as less well-known writers, and be invited to plan their own travels in the ancient world.
Tutorial participation
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
In-class exercises
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 4
20-minute Group presentation and written notes, 1000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4
Essay, 3,000 words
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
Examination, 3 hours, during the examination period
Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 5
130 hours of total student learning time made up from: a) 36 hours of contact over 12 weeks: 12 hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorials and tutorial-like activities b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.
None Preliminary Reading S.B. Pomeroy, S.M. Burstein, W. Donlan and J.T. Roberts, Ancient Greece: a political, social, and cultural history (3rd ed.: New York, Oxford University Press, 2011)