Pavel Mervart Publishing Society for the History of Sciences and Technology

Zdeněk Kratochvíl:
Changes of concentric metaphor of world’s image: Symbols from Cyclades, Achilles’ shield and map of world by Anaximandres


2011, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp. 3-25

Abstract

The paper deals with the changes of perception of the world, with its concentric perceiving in Greek and pre-Greek civilization cultures, in their literary and philosophic works as well as in the material relics, symbolism of its description and its presentation.

Keywords

cosmology; imaging; Anaximandros; Achilles’ shield; Cyclades; skillets

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