Geography of Strabo - An English Translation, With Introduction and Notes

"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"--

List of contents

Introduction; The translation; Appendix 1. Glossary of untranslated words; Appendix 2. The sources of the fragments.

About the author

Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Ohio State University. An historian and archaeologist, he is the author of ten books, most recently Cleopatra: A Biography (2010) and Eratosthenes' Geography (2010), and over 150 scholarly articles on topics in archaeology, ancient history, classical studies and musicology. He has also excavated in Greece, Italy, Turkey, Jordan and Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Duane W Roller, Strabo
• Assisted by: Duane W. Roller (Translation), Duane W. (Ohio State University) Roller (Translation), Roller Duane W. (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.05.2014
• EAN: 9781107038257
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03825-7
• No. of pages: 907
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geography, History of Ideas, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Ancient World, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, Historical Geography, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology