Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity

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Introduction

Interpreting the Watery Framework: Philosophy, Cosmogony, and Physics
1. Water and the Creation of the World
2.Seas and Lakes
3. The Interplay between Water and Land

Explaining Watery Phenomena
4. Watery Weather
5. Paradoxical Waters
6. Water, Health, and Disease

Imagining the Watery World
7. (Biological) Creatures of the Sea
8. (Mythical) Sea Monsters and Sea Gods
9. Water and Ritual
10. Sailor Cults and Cults of Sea Gods

Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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• Abastecimento e tratamento de águas
• Arqueologia clássica grega e romana
• História antiga: a c 500 CE