10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANTICHTHONES»
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antichthones in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
antichthones and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ordering the Heavens: Roman Astronomy and Cosmology in the ...
... he followed both Macrobius and Pliny the Elder as well as others and insisted
that humans lived diametrically across the earth (antipodeans) from us as well as
in our own climatic zone though on the other side of the globe (antichthones).
2
History of Ancient Geography
... these Antichthones (or Antoikoi) and be swollen by the rains of their winter,
then pass under an equatorial sea to emerge among us in our summer; but he
gives a liberal choice of other theories and apparently inclines to a western Nile
like ...
James Oliver Thomson, 1965
3
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
INDEX то GENERA, SPECIES, AND SUBSPECIES OF FLEAS alynnae,
Parapsyllus lynnae 159 anlarcticus. Glaciopsyllus 175 antichthones, Parapsyllus
nesloris 160 canis, Ctenocephalides 176 cardinis, Parapsyllus 158
Ceratophyllus ...
4
European Images of the Americas and the Classical Tradition
So the entire austral hemisphere is generally felt to be in opposition to the one
we reside in, and is united under the term “Antipodes” or “Antichthones.” Hence,
even the zone opposite ours in the same hemisphere, which shares the same ...
Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 1994
75), where the continent of Antichthones was first shown, and the TO maps of the
Middle Ages, but with the oddsin favour of Pomponius Mela's division, for Marco
Polo gives rathermore than half the land of the Earth to Antichthones. Strange to ...
6
The Classical Tradition and the Americas: European images of ...
So the entire austral hemisphere is generally felt to be in opposition to the one
we reside in, and is united under the term "Antipodes" or "Antichthones." Hence,
even the zone opposite ours in the same hemisphere, which shares the same ...
Wolfgang Haase, Meyer Reinhold, 1994
7
Pomponius Mela's Description of the World
The term Antipodes (following Eratosthenes' usage) implies "a strict symmetry
across the equatorial plain," a one-to-one correspondence between the northern
and southern hemispheres, while the term Antichthones assumes the opposite, ...
Pomponius Mela, Frank E. Romer, 1998
8
Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique: ...
With these., goe others as they stand comparatively^ the PeriœcilAntœciy
Antichthones. The first being such as dwdl in two opposite poiots of a like circle ,
one from the other a semicircle or 180 de- grees3fo they be numbred after lesser
...
9
The Sacred Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of Its ...
And this notion, or tradition, we sind among Heathen authors, as well as Christian
; this opposite earth being called by them an- tichthom, and its inhabitants
antichthones : for thofe words comprehend both the antipodes and antoeci, ...
10
The German Discovery of the World: Renaissance Encounters ...
Taking the concern with definitions one step further, Peter Apian used the just-
explained term "Antipodes or Antichthones" to clarify his next set of terms, which
divided people according to where the noon shadow falls during the course of
the ...
Christine R. Johnson, 2008
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANTICHTHONES»
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antichthones is used in the context of the following news items.
Notional Significance: Takeoff
... status: Europeans are on top, the true inhabitants of the right-way-up globe; and we're down under, the rumoured, impossible antichthones. «The Wellingtonista, Mar 11»
