The Measure of Times Past: Pre-Newtonian Chronologies and the Rhetoric of Relative Time
- hardcover
- University of Chicago Press, 1987
University of Chicago Press, 1987. hardcover. Fine/Fine. 9x6x1. Orange cloth boards under blue typographic dust jacket. Bookplate, else fine. Includes chapters on relative approaches to time: generational dating, annalistic form, the Olympiad year, etc., which allowed for a variety of dating systems and temporal processes to co-exist within a single narrative.
Details
Title
The Measure of Times Past: Pre-Newtonian Chronologies and the Rhetoric of Relative Time
Author
Wilcox, Donald J
Binding
hardcover
Condition
Fine
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date
1987
Size
9x6x1