PPT Slide
Ancient & Medieval Philosophy -- David L. Rouse
- According to the Homeric description of the universe, the sky is a solid hemisphere like a bowl. It covers a round, flat earth. The region between the sky and the earth is filled by two elements: the lower part up to and including the clouds is ahr (air), the upper region is aiqhr (aither), sometimes conceived as fiery. The earth has its roots in Tartarus. Around the earth flows the river Okeanos.