Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of. After pyxus are the gulf, 14 the river, 15 and the city 16 of laus. Events in the main sequence of the odyssey take place in the peloponnese and in what are. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age around 15 18 ad.
Delphi complete works of strabo geography illustrated by. 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. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the paliki peninsula on cephalonia with homeric ithaca. Strabo, geography, book 10, chapter 4 perseus digital library. At the foot of the alps commences the region now known as italy. The travels of odysseus form just one part of the odyssey. Geography, volume iv, books 89 loeb classical library no. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable. He knew also the whole thracian 36 coast adjacent thereto, as far as the peneus, 37 for he mentions individually the p. 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. The nostos addresses odysseus adventures once he returns to ithaca.
It is separated from the mainland by a lagoon too shallow for the passage of ships leaf, homer and history, p. Since i have already described the islands of the peloponnesus in detail, not only the others, but also those in the corinthian gulf and those in front of it, i must. Strabo s geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. Strabo contrasts his own readings with other ancient. He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of italy, various near eastern regions including the black sea, various parts of asia minor, egypt as far as ethiopia, and parts of greece. The odyssey is fundamental to the modern western canon. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Strabos geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. At the confluence of the ganges and of another river the erannoboas 79 is situated the city palibothra, in length 80, and in breadth 15 stadia. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca. 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. Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Book details, the geography of strabo the geography of strabo vol.
The routledge companion to strabo daniela dueck download. 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. It is in the shape of a parallelogram, surrounded by a wooden wall pierced with openings through which arrows may be discharged. The book, translated into several languages, submits a revolutionary idea about the geographical setting of the iliad and odyssey. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the. The companion, in twentyeight chapters written by an international group of scholars, examines several aspects of strabos personality, the political and scholarly environment in which he was active, his choices as an author, and his ideas of history and geography. This guide provides the first english analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the authors the geography of strabo, the first english translation of the work in many years. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic.
Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. The rest of the 15 books are a heavily romancentric description of the known world. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. For an overview of all advanced features, see the instructions page. Having thus given a general view of geography, it will now be proper to describe each separate country in detail, as we engaged to do. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library see other formats. 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 with. Another part, called the telemachy, focuses on odysseus son, telemachus, who left home in search of his longlost father. The first two books deal with the principals of geography. 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 of the odyssey wikimili, the free encyclopedia.
These alone, then, of all the tribes that are marked off by the ister and by the illyrian and thracian mountains, deserve to be mentioned, occupying as they do the whole of the adriatic seaboard beginning at the recess, and also the seaboard that is called the left parts of the pontus, and extends from the ister river as far as byzantium. Now that i have given the first general outline of geography, it is proper for me to discuss next the several parts of the inhabited world. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. 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.
Dec 14, 2019 the book, translated into several languages, submits a revolutionary idea about the geographical setting of the iliad and odyssey. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. Aeschylus, fragments 155272 theoi classical texts library. We fancy that the method which we have adopted in the division of our subject, up to this point, has been correct. He must also have been acquainted with the ister, since he speaks of the mysians, a thracian race, dwelling on the banks of the ister. Blablasise aetheradio smoothie insured financial wealth. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xv chapter 1 1. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca the names of the places and peoples that odysseus visits or claims to have visited are not recorded, either as historical. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free ebook.
Ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for each book sold through our. Cappadocia,1 also, is a country of many parts and has undergone numerous changes. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. At all events, it is above the coast this side the anas that turdetania lies, and through it flows the baetis river. Ancient origins articles related to strabo in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Read the fulltext online edition of the geography of strabo vol.
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