Analogies between Xenophon’s Parasang and Hamilton’s Post-hour
A quantitative study of 19th-century travelers’ accounts of official ‘post-hours’ in Ottoman Turkey shows their consistency with the parasang (30 Olympic stadia), correlating distance and travel time.
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A quantitative study of 19th-century travelers’ accounts of official ‘post-hours’ in Ottoman Turkey shows their consistency with the parasang (30 Olympic stadia), correlating distance and travel time. |
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