He presents a fascinating picture of how the world appeared to the greeks and romans of the late 1st century bce and early 1st century ce. Aristodemus was the head of two schools of rhetoric and grammar, one in nysa and one in rhodes, the former of the. Geography, volume v strabo harvard university press. As with most ancient authors, not that much is known of strabo, and the loeb editions introductory material, by the translator horace leonard jones, is about as good as one can get. Temple of artemis at limnai iv 9 the temple of artemis at limnai, at which the messenians are reputed to have outraged hybrisai the. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book ii chapter 5 1. The 17 books about geographical matters by strabo, with commentary and notes by isaac casaubon, this book was published in 1587, and is one of the earliest printed editions of strabo s work. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. Strabo, greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both greeks and romans during the reign of augustus 27 bce14 ce. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos.
Each of strabo s books receives a 5080 page chapter of commentary. Books 35 loeb classical library 9780674990562 by strabo and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Besides this, rivers, being a kind of physical boundaries of the size and figures of countries, are of the greatest use in every part of the present work. Strabo was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The northern hemisphere contains two quarters of the earth, which are bounded by the equator and the circle passing through the poles. 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. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of. Geography, volume viii strabo harvard university press. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book ii chapter 1 1. Strabo wrote the geography between the years 1718 and 2324. 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. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo.
As with most ancient authors, not that much is known of strabo, and the loeb editions introductory material, by the translator horace leonard jones, is about as good as one. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the. 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. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. Ad 24 was a greek geographer who was born in pontus modern turkey and travelled in the eastern mediterranean. Notes pontus fell to the roman general pompey in 63 bc and, after the murder or suicide of mithridates vi of pontus otherwise known as mithridates the great, was broken up into smaller provinces in 64 bc. The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free. Modern editions of strabo s geography are based on the thirty or so manuscripts that have survived from the middle ages. Strabo s work,which was extremely long, was divided into seventeen books. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The parts still left of asia are those outside the taurus except cilicia and pamphylia and lycia, i mean the parts extending from india as far as the nile and lying between the taurus and the outer sea on the south. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. But aristarchus rejects this hypothesis of crates, and thinks that the people referred to as divided in twain are the ethiopians in our part of the world, namely, those that to the greeks are most remote on the south.
These manuscripts are not identical, each containing errors that have arisen in the process of transcription. Strabo having just previously stated that the axis of the earth was stationary, it does not seem probable that he would immediately after speak of the motion of the pole. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library. Having made many trips during his life he obtained an overview of the ancient civilizations of his time, which he wrote down in two series of books, the first named history and the second geography. Literally translated, with notes, the first six books by h. The first two books of strabos geography are the most important of the 17 books for cosmology and physical geography book i and mathematical geography. The parts on the left of the pontus are called aristera or left of pontus. 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. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 literally translated, with notes language.
He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of italy, various near eastern regions including the black sea, various parts of asia minor, egypt as far as ethiopia, and parts of greece. From a note in greek at the end of the 10th book, it appears to have been brought to rome a. In this massive new volume, he provides a detailed exegesis of strabo s text. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with.
We must describe these rivers in detail, with the particulars, which are useful for the purposes of geography, and which have been handed down to us by historians. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Roller published his translation, the geography of strabo, in 2014. 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, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Strabo was a greek historian and geographer who lived between the 1st century bc and the 1st century. On the mathematical side it is an invaluable source of information about eratosthenes, hipparchus, and posidonius. Strabo s geography book xvii summary the seventeenth book contains the whole of north africa. On the mathematical side it is an invaluable source of information. His text about gaul draws heavily upon posidonius, although he also uses polybius and pythaes as sources. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Geography, volume ii strabo harvard university press. Texts of individual books of strabo s geography and commentaries on specific regions. These few pages are followed by 998 pages of commentary on the 17 books of strabo s 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.
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