The Phoenicians and the dangers inherent to sailing on the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity

dc.contributor.author	Le Roux, Magdel
dc.date.accessioned	2017-03-16T09:37:03Z
dc.date.available	2017-03-16T09:37:03Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.citation	Anne Marie Smith and Magdel Le Roux (2013), The Phoenicians and the dangers inherent to sailing on the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity, Ekklesiastikos Pharos, Volume 95, Issue 1, Jan 2013, p. 319 - 331	en
dc.identifier.issn	1018-9556
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22145
dc.description.abstract	The expression 'Pillars of Hercules', as well as 'Scylla and Charybdis' were used by some authors to indicate unworldly, mythological places. Did those waterways really exist or were they just part of the imagination of Homer, the Greek poet? In Greek mythology these sea straits were described as very dangerous. This study investigates the Phoenician trade routes in the Mediterranean and the sort of difficulties they possibly encountered as seafarers. Phoenician shipwrecks found off the coast near Ashkelon and Spain (and other shipwrecks in the Mediterranean) as well as satellite images of the sea straits provide valuable information.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Institute for Afro-Hellenic studies	en
dc.title	The Phoenicians and the dangers inherent to sailing on the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.description.department	Biblical and Ancient Studies	en