Day's journey

Day's journey

A Day's journey in pre-modern literature, including the Bible[1][2], ancient geographers and ethnographers such as Herodotus, is a measurement of distance.

In the bible it is not as precisely defined as other Biblical measurements of distance; the distance has been estimated from 32 to 40 kilometers (20-25 miles).

In translation by J.B. Bury (Priscus, fr. 8 in Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum) We set out with the barbarians, and arrived at Sardica, which is thirteen days for a fast traveller from Constantinople. From Constantinople-Istambul to Sofia is 550-720 km distance at a pace between 42 and 55 km /day.

Notes

  1. ^ Numbers 11:31
  2. ^ 1 Kings 19:4

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