Antipodes
from The Fourth Book of the Christian Topography of Cosmas Indicopleustes.
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Andrew Wiesner explains: "Cosmas, a sixth century native of Alexandria,
spent the earlier years of his life as a seafaring merchant. He traveled extensively
during this time, and his surname would suggest that his travels extended as
far as India. He eventually retired from commercial enterprises and gave himself
over to the monastic life, probably among the Nestorians. During this phase
of his life he composed treatises on geography, cosmography, and scriptural
exegesis. The Christian Topography is the only one of his works to have survived,
and contains treatments of all of these topics."
Modern Languages 4970 / MRS 4903: Medieval Latin. Spring
2003 Online Course at the University of Oklahoma. Visit http://www.ou.edu/online/
for more info.
Laura Gibbs, University of Oklahoma - Information Technology © 2003.
laura-gibbs@ou.edu. Last updated:
December 29, 2002 7:12 PM
