Description
| Product ID: | 9781316625675 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Geography of Strabo |
| Subtitle: | An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes |
| Authors: | Author: Duane W. Roller |
| Page Count: | 909 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient history, Ancient history, Historical geography, Archaeology by period / region, History of ideas, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical history / classical civilisation, Historical geography, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, History of ideas, Ancient World, Ancient Greece, BCE to c 500 CE |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating First serviceable English translation in nearly a century of the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature. The major source for studying ancient geography and an important source for the journey of Alexander the Great, Greek cultic history, and early scientific theories about the nature of the world. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-08-06 |