As with most ancient authors, not that much is known of strabo, and the loeb. Strabos words in book 5 thus came to have a greater compass than he had originally intended. Later he made long travels to egypt and kush, among others. Geographica strabo 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. Geographica strabo 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. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xiii chapter 1 beginning. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. 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.
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. For instance, when pindar, in the dithyramb which begins with these words,in earlier times there. Strabo squinty was a term employed by the romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Geography book xii chapter 3 section 15, amaseia, my fatherland. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. See how instrumental churches appeal to the paganism defined by strabo as authority for instrumental music in the christian system. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. He traveled extensively, undoubtedly gathering notes, and made extended visits to rome and alexandria, where he is sure to have spent time in the famous library taking notes from his sources.
His text about gaul draws heavily upon posidonius, although he also uses polybius and pythaes as sources. The th, 14th, 12th books the order in which they stand from the medici ms. Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. He says artemidorus is wrong in claiming a size of 100 times larger and that he could not have. 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. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Among illustrious persons in ancient times natives of ephesus were. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. Although strabo quotes it himself, and other classical authors mention that it existed, the only surviving document is a fragment of papyrus now in possession of the university of milan renumbered papyrus 46. The date of geographica is a large topic, perhaps because strabo worked on it along with his history for most of his adult life.
Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. Book 555 book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. A kind of hegemony is held over these places by pergamum, which is a famous city and for a long time prospered along with the attalic kings. It is curious that a classic of so much renown and intrinsic value should have remained a comparatively sealed book to this country for so many centuries. The shape of the site of the city is that of a chlamys a military cloak. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. He studied under several geographers and philosophers. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. The result was that the earlier school of peripatetics who came after theophrastus had no books at all, with the exception of only a few, mostly exoteric works, and were therefore able to philosophize about nothing in a practical way, but only to talk bombast about commonplace propositions, whereas the later school, from the time the books in. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free.
Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this ebook is for. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. Strabos geography, written under augustus and in the early years of tiberiuss. Strabo was born in a rich family from pontus which had become part of the roman empire a short time before.
One of the earliest systematic works of geography, strabos book offers a revealing insight into the state of ancient scholarship, and remained influential for many centuries after the authors death. Roller and published by cambridge university press 2014. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
The sides, which determine the length, are surrounded by water, and are about thirty stadia in extent. When the poet says that hypnos and hera came to manyfountained ida, mother of wild beasts, to lectum, where first the two left the sea, he. 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. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public.
It is not known when his geography was written, though comments within the work itself place the finished version within the reign of emperor tiberius. Buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Niese, beitrage zur biographie strabos, hermes 1878. 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.
Read the fulltext online edition of the geography of strabo vol. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. He collected his observations in his magnum opus, the geography, which he described as a kolossourgia, a colossal statue of a work. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the. Ad 24 was a greek geographer who was born in pontus modern turkey and travelled in the eastern mediterranean. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Although it pursues its course with great depth and breadth, it undergoes an extraordinary contraction of its size by the time it. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars.
Strabo was born in amesia, 50 miles to the south of black sea coast in turkey in about 64 b. First, near the mesogis, opposite laodiceia, to hierapolis, where are the hot springs and the plutonium, both of which have something marvellous about them. The poets bear witness to such views as i have suggested. 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. 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. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. 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. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3.
The application is produced by the ancient world mapping center awmc at the university of north carolina, chapel hill, and marks all locatable settlements, features, and. Mar 31, 2014 buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. 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. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amesia is in the interior of asia minor and still retains its ancient name fig. Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica. For the habitable earth is bounded to the west by two continents, namely, the extremities of europe and libya,10 which are inhabited respectively by the iberians and the maurusians. Around the years 3025 bc the historian and geographer strabo visited alexandria, together with the roman praefectus of egypt aelius gallus. Geography, volume vi, books 14 loeb classical library no. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. The sources of the fragments 782 bibliography 789 list of passages cited 793.
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