Re: [tied] Re: Caucasus Geography.

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 8091
Date: 2001-07-24

cas:
>I think Herodotus imagined the west end of the Caucasus as being more
>like Greece and not as mountainous and wooded as it was/is. To him,
>the east end may as well as been on the far side of the moon as far
>as his knowledge of the geography went.

I'm curious. How does ascertain Herodotus' knowledge? What
is the basis for the view that Herodotus knew as much about
this area as we do now about the moon Titan?

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