An Environmental History of Ancient Greece and Rome

by Lukas Thommen

Book Overview

In ancient Greece and Rome an ambiguous relationship developed between man and nature, and this decisively determined the manner in which they treated the environment. On the one hand, nature was conceived as a space characterized and inhabited by divine powers, which deserved appropriate respect. On the other, a rationalist view emerged, according to which humans were to subdue nature using their technologies and to dispose of its resources. This...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521174651
• ISBN13: 9780521174657
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.8"