A concept “Riphaean Mountains” in ancient geocartography: myth, cosmology, symbol and/or reality?
One of the most mysterious concepts in ancient geography are the Riphaean Mountains that had for centuries been the object of mythological, cosmological, geographic, cartographic, and poetic discourses. Having originated as a designation of the northern (in relation to Greece) Thracian mountain, the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2019-07-01
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| Series: | Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0018 |