Ovídio, Lyell and Geology
Introduction. Both Ovid and Charles Lyell, separated by over 1800 years, approached physical changes on Earth's surface. Lyell benefited from his degree in classical texts at Oxford when preparing the first chapters of Principles of Geology (1830 to 1833) by quoting excerpts from Ovid's Me...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Terrae didatica (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8675882 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/td/article/view/8675882 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Metamorfosis Princípios de Geología Historia de la Geología Metamorphoses Principles of Geology History of Geology Metamorfoses Princípios de Geologia História da Geologia |
| Sumario: | Introduction. Both Ovid and Charles Lyell, separated by over 1800 years, approached physical changes on Earth's surface. Lyell benefited from his degree in classical texts at Oxford when preparing the first chapters of Principles of Geology (1830 to 1833) by quoting excerpts from Ovid's Metamorphoses (8 AD). Objective. This article presents the contexts in which such works were written and how they are connected. Methodology. This work comprises research in the XVIII and XIX centuries books about geology, as well as in papers about History of Geology and the geology of the Mediterranean area. Excerpts from Principles of Geology were collated with excerpts from Metamorphoses. Results. Lyell relied on a list compiled by Ovid of changes on Earth’s surface to support his uniformitarian view of the geological processes. Plate Tectonics show us Ovid's examples are indeed in the convergence zone of the African and Arabian plates with the Eurasian plate. Conclusion. This exemplifies the influence of myths and ancient texts over the emergence of science, and particularly of Geology. |
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