Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. Geography, volume iii strabo harvard university press. If you own this book, you can mail it to our address below. Strabo, greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant. The geography of strabo, volume 2 strabo full view 1903. Book 555 book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. Page numbers in brackets below are references to pothecary 2002, unless. 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, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. For e books, where available, click on the volume number. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. However, he did not pay the bride price, so deioneus stole some of ixions horses in retaliation.
Book ii reports on a commentary of hipparchus on the geography of eratosthenes. The english translation of strabo s geography by hamilton and falconer 18541857. Geography, volume vi strabo harvard university press. An english translation of strabo s geography, based on the translation by h. Ixion married dia, a daughter of deioneus or eioneus, and promised his fatherinlaw a valuable present. 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. 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.
Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Strabo has 123 books on goodreads with 1053 ratings. Geography by horace leonard jones 1929, hardcover at the best online prices at. Note that the english translation by jones is only partially books 6 14 available through perseus. This is a complete bibliography of the classical text translations quoted on the biography pages of the passages quoted have been modified slightly for this website with the conversion of names to their transliterated greek formssourced from the original greek textand the addition of bracketed contextual notes. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text.
Strabo also gives information on the thencurrent domains of the veneti. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and. The sources of the fragments 782 bibliography 789 list of passages cited 793. 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. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. Strabo, geography, book 14, chapter 1, section 20 20 after the samian strait, near mt. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical.
Geography, volume vii strabo harvard university press. Many of the earlier treatises that touch upon maps are known to us only through strabo, while the interest of. Strabo, geography, book, chapter 4, section 14 14 when one crosses over the mesogis, between the carians and the territory of nysa, which latter is a country on the far side of the maeander extending to cibyratis and cabalis, one comes to certain cities. I take the view that strabo started writing out the manuscript of the geography some three years later, starting book one in ad 17 and finishing the last book book seventeen in ad 23. Strabo s most popular book is delphi complete works of strabo geography illustrated delphi anci. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos. The territory of the veneti came to the notice of the greeks in the 4th c. Nov 28, 2019 nathan casebolt marked it as toread sep 20, the date of geographica is a large topic, perhaps because strabo worked on it gwographica with his history for most of his adult life. At this ridge are wheels and screws, by which water is raised from the river, and one hundred and fifty prisoners are thus employed. 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. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Vols 19 containing books 112 and vols 1415 containing book 17.
Book from the archaeological survey of india central archaeological library, new delhi. Note that the date 1903 given on the perseus website for the translation is the date of the reprint of vol. On the operations of nature, that all things converge to a point, namely, the centre of the whole, and assume a spherical shape around it. The first two books of strabo s geography are the most important of the 17 books for cosmology and physical geography book i and mathematical geography book ii. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos geography. Harvard university press and heinemann loeb classical library. Jones which accompanied his 191732 edition of the geography. Book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Strabo, geography, book 14, chapter 1 perseus project. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc.
Strabo, geography, book 14, chapter 1, section 27 27 then one comes to the mountain gallesius, and to colophon, an ionian city, and to the sacred precinct of apollo clarius, where there was once an ancient oracle. Geography by horace leonard jones 1929, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. In ad 14, the emperor augustus had died and been succeeded by his adopted son and heir, tiberius. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek and attributed to strabo, an educated citizen of the roman empire of greek descent. When deioneus arrived, ixion pushed him into a bed of burning coals and wood. Mycale, as one sails to ephesus, one comes, on the right, to the seaboard of the ephesians.
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