The strabo application is a georeferenced, interactive digital map of the ancient mediterranean world to accompany the text of the geography translated by duane w. Patterns of trade and economy in strabos geography download pdf chapter. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek. Next, i must discuss the aquitani, and the tribes which have been included within their boundaries,link to the editors note at the bottom of this page namely, the fourteen galatic tribes which inhabit the country between the garumna and the liger, some of which reach even to the riverland of the rhone and to the plains. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. Book ii reports on a commentary of hipparchus on the geography of eratosthenes.
Strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known to his era. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The country next in order after the aquitanian division and narbonitis reaches as far as the whole of the rhenus, extending from the liger river and also from the rhodanus at the point where the rhodanus, after it runs down from its source, touches lugdunum. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos geography. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. These few pages are followed by 998 pages of commentary on the 17 books of strabos geography, organised by book and then according to the standard tripartite notation, 30 pages of bibliography, a 60 page index of passages cited, and a 75 page general index. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Each of strabos books receives a 5080 page chapter of commentary. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials.
Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the roman empire of greek descent. This volume of strabo is mostly about how previous writers got geography all wrong. Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes.
Some, as we know, have divided it into three parts, calling its inhabitants aquitani, belgae, and celtae. Measurement data in strabos geography download pdf chapter 15. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. He spends a good bit of time on eratosthenes, hipparchus, posidonius and polybius, pointing out their errors and how they contradicted each other. Book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. Pallene and phlegra is most commonly called nowadays kassandra, or peninsula of kassandra.
An abridgement of this work was made by marcianus, of which some portions still exist, relating to the black sea and its southern shore. Hugh lindsay, strabo and the shape of his historika hypomnemata, the ancient history bulletin, volume 28 2014 numbers 12, pages 119. Mar 31, 2014 buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free ebook. Ad 24 was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the transitional period of the roman republic into the roman empire. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Chapter 14 klaus geus and kurt guckelsberger measurement data in strabo. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. Chapter 16 sarah pothecary signposts and subdivisions. Strabo states the width of persia 4,400 stadia or about 800 km and its length towards the caspian to be 8,000 stadia or about 1,500 km. The omission of the name is remarkable, as artemidorus is one of the geographers most frequently quoted by strabo. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. Chapter 17 catherine connors a river runs through it.
After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. Its only in the last chapter of book 2 that he starts detailing his view of the earth. The first two books of strabo s geography are the most important of the 17 books for cosmology and physical geography book i and mathematical geography book ii. The fifth book contains a description of italy from the roots of the alps to the strait of sicily, the gulf of taranto, and the region about posidonium. The routledge companion to strabo 1st edition daniela. It is an important source of information on the ancient world. Strabos introduction to geography electronic resource.
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