An english translation, with introduction and notes. Thegeographyof strabo 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. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. Geography, volume iii, books 67 loeb classical library no. Geography book xii chapter 3 section 15, amaseia, my. His 17volume geography is one of the most important descriptions of the classical world. These manuscripts are not identical, each containing errors that have arisen in the process of transcription.
Close to mycale lies another mountain, in the ephesian territory, i mean mt. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jay cowsill has 848 books on goodreads, and is currently reading the big sleep by raymond chandler, frankenstein by mary wollstonecraft shelley, and we m. Roller and published by cambridge university press 2014. What is known about strabo must be gleaned from his own statements scattered up and down the pages of his geography. 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, 810 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. 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. There remains of iberia the seaboard of our sea from the pillars to the pyrenees mountains, and also the whole of the interior above it, which is unequal in breadth but slightly more than four thousand stadia in length, though the length of the seaboard has been given as still greater than that by as much as two thousand stadia. Athos into his likeness, representing him as pouring a libation from a kind of ewer into a broad bowl, and to make two cities, one on the right of the mountain and. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical.
A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Modern editions of strabos geography are based on the thirty or so manuscripts that have survived from the middle ages. 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. After transalpine celtica and the tribes which hold this country, i must tell about the alps themselves and the people who inhabit them, and then about the whole of italy, keeping the same order in my description as is given me by the nature of the country. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with. Strabo was born in amesia, 50 miles to the south of black sea coast in turkey in about 64 b. Geography, volume vi strabo harvard university press.
Strabo was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the. Amesia is in the interior of asia minor and still retains its ancient name fig. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. 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. Samos faces the south, both it and its harbor, which latter has a naval station.
Read the geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 by strabo available from rakuten kobo. It remains for me to speak of the ionians and the carians and the seaboard outside the taurus, which last is occupied by lycians, pamphylians, and cilicians. The geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 ebook by strabo. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first. Oct 03, 2019 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. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Geography, volume vi, books 14 loeb classical library no. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. An english translation, with introduction and notes roller, duane w. The trogilian promontory itself is a kind of spur of mt. 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.
The fourteenth book contains an account of the cyclades islands and the region opposite to them, pamphylia, isauria, lycia, pisidia, cilicia as far as seleucia of syria. This work is only provided via the perseus project at tufts university. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Strabo, geography, book 14, chapter 1 perseus digital library. I shall argue, however th, thae apparentlt y separable issue of strabo s s authorial voice, the way in which he presents himself in his lengthy piece of academic prose, and strabo s biography to whic, h most attentio has traditionalln y been devoted can b,e brought together no.
Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. 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. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a. 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. Samos faces the south, both it and its harbour, which latter has a naval.
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. Upon his death various persons succeeded to the different parts of his kingdom. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. Texts of individual books of strabos geography and commentaries on specific regions.
With an english translation by horace leonard jones. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos geography. Strabo squinty was a term employed by the romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. Dec, 2010 strabo 64 bc 25 ad was an asiatic greek, and a keen traveller, who spent a substantial part of his life studying in alexandria. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The 14th book continues with the remainder of anatolia, and an account of the. Pompey appointed him king of these people and countries. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive.
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