TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hannah,Robert
TI  - Time in antiquity
T2  - Sciences of antiquity
SN  - 9780415331555
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Time
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Time measurements
KW  - Civilization, Ancient
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-198) and index; Time in antiquity : an introduction -- Cosmic time -- Marking time -- Telling time -- Measuring time -- Conceptions of time -- Epilogue
N2  - 'Before the invention of clocks, what did time mean to people? This book looks at how ancient Greeks and Romans marked the seasons and told the time - from checking the length of their shadows to tracking the rising and setting of the stars. Includes cosmic time, marking time, telling time, measuring time, and conceptions of time
ER  -