
“From the Hellespont: The Mediterranean Experience of Limit” by Romano Gasparotti
1 If we attribute the distinction between the Orient and the Occident to Herodotus, the father of Greek historiography (5th century b.C.), it is important to note that he identified the former as Asie and the latter as Eyrope, locating the border between these two “worlds” in the Hellespont, a strip of sea linking the Thracian Sea and the Mediterranean side of the Aegean. With the … Continue reading “From the Hellespont: The Mediterranean Experience of Limit” by Romano Gasparotti