The Geography of Strabo / translated by Duane W. Roller.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014Description: xv, 891 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781107038257
  • 1107038251
Uniform titles:
  • Geography. English. 2014
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 913 23
LOC classification:
  • G87 .S9 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The translation -- Appendix 1. Glossary of untranslated words -- Appendix 2. The sources of the fragments.
Summary: "The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern knowledge of seminal geographical authors such as Eratosthenes and Hipparchos relies almost totally on Strabo's use of them. This is the first complete English translation in nearly a century, and the first to make use of recent scholarship on the Greek text itself and on the history of geography. The translation is supplemented by a detailed discussion of Strabo's life and his purpose in writing the Geography, as well as the sources that he used"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern knowledge of seminal geographical authors such as Eratosthenes and Hipparchos relies almost totally on Strabo's use of them. This is the first complete English translation in nearly a century, and the first to make use of recent scholarship on the Greek text itself and on the history of geography. The translation is supplemented by a detailed discussion of Strabo's life and his purpose in writing the Geography, as well as the sources that he used"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-810) and index.

Introduction -- The translation -- Appendix 1. Glossary of untranslated words -- Appendix 2. The sources of the fragments.

Translated from the Greek.

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