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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Duke University
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies |
| Online Access: | http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/15311 |