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. This can be confusing for the newcomer to strabo, especially since the entries in library catalogues are often garbled. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. Later he made long travels to egypt and kush, among others. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number.
This is a very good source of information about history although it is geography. Mythology, paradoxography and teratology in strabos geography. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. Some, as we know, have divided it into three parts, calling its inhabitants aquitani, belgae, and celtae. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xvii chapter 1 1. 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. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. 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. Geography book xii chapter 3 section 15, amaseia, my. This wealthy city was also known for its exceptionally good wine that could be used for both enjoyment and medicinal purposes strabo, geography. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The fourth book contains a description of the regions about gaul, spain, and the alps on this side, towards italy. And to the south of the hyrcanian sea, in part, and of the whole of the isthmus between this sea and the pontus lie the greater part of armenia, colchis, the.
The work is more than just a geography book, however. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. Strabos geography book xvii summary the seventeenth book contains the whole of north africa. Strabo provides us with location of people and rivers, mountains. The geography of strabo volume 2 by strabo it was amazing 5. Strabo squinty was a term employed by the romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. Arabia commences on the side of babylonia with maecene modern kuwait. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos. The list below spells out the contents of each edition on a per volume basis. 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. His kingdom consisted of the country bounded by the halys, 27 extending to the tibareni, 28 to armenia, to the territory within the halys, extending as far as amastris, 29 and to some parts of paphlagonia.
The number of mutilated passages amounts to two thousand. 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. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. This helps clarify what the historians were saying, which sometimes was not true. Callisthenes relates, that phrynichus the tragic writer was fined a thousand drachm. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. 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. Geography the magnificient ethiopians damtew gizaw says. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free.
According to strabo, colchis was located not along iberiaalbania, but more to the south along the armenia. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. With a long history of ties to rome, including an ancient alliance and a temple to roma built in about 195 bc, smyrna was an obvious choice for an imperial temple in asia cicero, pro flacco. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. Strabo, historian and philosopher1, wrote his geography, as a complement to his. 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. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. West central hellas and the hellenic islands part 1. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived.
Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. 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. At any rate, the same should be put down as the maximum breadth of libya, i mean thirteen or fourteen thousand stadia, and a little less than. Strabo was born in a rich family from pontus which had become part of the roman empire a short time before. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. Strabo has 125 books on goodreads with 798 ratings. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xvii chapter 3. 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. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books.
This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. He studied under several geographers and philosophers. 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. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive.
In front of this district, on one side lies the desert of the arabians, on the other are the marshes opposite to the chaldeans, formed by the overflowing of the euphrates, and in another direction is the sea of persia. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. 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. Roller and published by cambridge university press 2014. 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. Editions of the geography are often decades in the making. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Earths ancient history from the earliest times untill bc, gods of sumer, akkad, babylonia, nibiru. Now the mountain has in many places as great a breadth as three thousand stadia, and a length as great as that of asia itself, that is, about fortyfive thousand. Naked yoga sanskrit nagna yoga or vivastra yoga is the practice of yoga without clothes. For after flowing, he says, about 2700 stadia from meroe towards the north, it turns again to the south, and to the winter sunset, continuing.
Busby et al, the peopling of europe and the cautionary tale of y chromosome lineage rm269, p roceedings of the royal society b. Biological sciences, published online before print. Geography, volume iii, books 67 loeb classical library no. Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. He annexed to the kingdom of pontus the seacoast towards the west as far as heracleia, 30 the birthplace of heracleides the. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this ebook is for the. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. Ancient accounts of arabia internet history sourcebooks. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc.
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