Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...
An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass.
Orestes and Pylades, marble sculpture, middle of 1st century BC Paris, Musée du Louvre. Credit: Flickr / Egisto Sani / Pubic Domain Among the stories of ancient Greek mythology, the friendship of ...