Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Map xiv
5. Preface xvii
6. Acknowledgements xxix
7. Part I. Mountains and the divine
8. 1 Summit Altars 1
9. 2 Mountains in Archaic Greek Poetry 20
10. 3 Pausanias: Mythical Landscapes and Divine Presence 47
11. 4 Egeria on Mount Sinai: Mountain Pilgrimage in Early Christian and Late Antique Culture 69
12. Part II. Mountain Vision
13. 5 Mountain Aesthetics 93
14. 6 Scientific Viewing and the Volcanic Sublime 107
15. 7 Mountains in Greek and Roman Art 119
16. 8 Mountain Landmarks in Latin Literature 144
17. 9 Mountains and Bodies in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 160
18. Part III. Mountain Conquest
19. 10 Warfare and Knowledge in Mountain Territories 179
20. 11 Mountain Narratives in Greek and Roman Historiography 199
21. 12 Strabo: Civilising the Mountains 218
22. 13 Ammianus Marcellinus: Mountain Peoples and Imperial Boundaries 230
23. Part IV. Living in the mountains
24. 14 Mountain and City 245
25. 15 Dio Chrysostom and the Mountains of Euboia 267
26. 16 Mountain Saints in Late Antique Christian Literature 283
27. Epilogue 305
28. Notes 313
29. Bibliography 383
30. Index Locorum 419
31. General Index 433
32. A note on the type 445