WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS:PERCEPTIONS OF SPACE,PLACE AND LANDSCAPE IN ANCIENT GREECE
When the poet Hesiod composed Works and Days late in the eighth century BC,he incorporated the curious advice that while journeying from one place toanother a good man should always refrain from relieving himself on or beside theroad,in streams or while facing the sun(lines 727-32,757-59),Of course,Hesiodwas doing more here than simply making an observation about modesty orpersonal hygiene.He was commenting upon another less physical but utterly vital