Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. 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. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. Page numbers in brackets below are references to pothecary 2002, unless. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Strabos treatise geography is considered as the most important geographical work that has come down to us from the classical period. Books 1 and 2 are an introduction to the whole worka history of geography before strabo with long passages in defense of homers knowledge and in criticism of particular theories.
Featured audio all audio latest this just in grateful dead netlabels old time radio 78 rpms and cylinder recordings. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. Since the geography is an exceptionally long work, each modern edition occupies several volumes. 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. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. An english translation, with introduction and notes. The geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 ebook by strabo. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. 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.
His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. In ad 14, the emperor augustus had died and been succeeded by his adopted son and heir, tiberius. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first. Greece in depth maria pretzler 144 11 the european provinces. It combines the personal observations strabo gleaned from his own. Putnam, 19171932, also by horace leonard jones and j. Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica.
Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos. Read the geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 by strabo available from rakuten kobo. Offers a good balance of theory, concepts and empirical examples. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages.
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. Geographica, strabo made a very interesting remark on the port of myos hormos, from. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. He said that there is an intimate relationship between history and geography. 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. In 17 books, it is a vast compendium of geographical knowledge from the time of augustus and tiberius, when it was composed. Modern basque, a descendant or close relative of aquitanian and protobasque, is the only preindoeuropean language that is extant in western europe.
We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Claudius ptolemy wrote the almagest, the work that defined astronomy for over 1,000 years the almagest included a catalogue of over a thousand stars, recording their positions, constellations, and relative brightnesses. Strabos main contribution was in the field of historical geography. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. This work is only provided via the perseus project at tufts university. The basques have therefore long been supposed to be a remnant of a preindoeuropean population of europe.
As we pass from europe to asia in our geography, the northern division is the first of the two divisions to which we come. So great indeed is italy, and much as we have described it. Illustrated from modern researches and discoveries by james talboys wheeler pg 528. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Ptolemy believed that geography is a science which deals with the art of mapmaking.
A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. What we have already advanced is sufficient to prove. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Extract from the geography of strabo strabo 64 bc 25 ad was an asiatic greek, and a keen traveller, who spent a substantial part of his life studying in alexandria. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of alexander the great. The outlines of geography deals with the exact determination of the position of places by means of latitudes and longitudes. Offering a window into the lost world of classical rome and greece, strabo s geography is a major source for the study of ancient geography. 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. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos geography.
Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable. Cephalonia and acarnania, while wheeler and others, who object tothis island as. As the growing world population increasingly comes to live in cities, the field of urban geography will continue to expand in numbers and significance. But philometor was succeeded by his brother, the second euergetes, who was also called physcon. An asiatic greek in the time of augustus, strabo was a keen voyager that explored the four corners of the ancient world and compiled an important geography in seventeen books on his travels. To such if you are willing to cleave, neglecting all other things both parents and the land of your birth, the shrines of the gods, and the tombs of your forefathers following wherever they lead, or remaining wherever they establish themselves whether in the babylon of ninus and semiramis, or in bactra, or sousa,or palibothra, or in. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. Asia is adjacent to europe, bordering thereon along the tanais river. 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. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. He collected his observationsinhismagnumopus,thegeography,whichhedescribed as a kolossourgia, a colossal statue of a work.
Strabo as evidence sarah pothecary 161 12 amasya and strabo s patria in pontus hugh lindsay 180 cappadocia through strabo s eyes. Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. Next, i must discuss the aquitani, and the tribes which have been included within their boundaries,link to the editors note at the bottom of this page namely, the fourteen galatic tribes which inhabit the country between the garumna and the liger, some of which reach even to the riverland of the rhone and to the plains. Mar 31, 2014 buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. With an english translation by horace leonard jones.
I must therefore describe this country next, first dividing it, for the sake of clearness. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. 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. This book encompasses both systems of cities and the internal geography of metro areas.
A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later than 23 ad in the last year of strabos life. 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 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. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. You may begin reading the english translation as well as the greek version and a greek version. A contemporary introduction to urban geography by a renowned scholar in the field. 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. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive.
His 17volume geography is one of the most important descriptions of the classical world. Dec, 2010 extract from the geography of strabo strabo 64 bc 25 ad was an asiatic greek, and a keen traveller, who spent a substantial part of his life studying in alexandria. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. Strabo, geography, volume i loeb classical library. Beautifully illustrated with images relating to strabos life and geography features the complete extant works of strabo, in both english translation and the original greek concise introduction to the geography includes h. Wheeler, for example, was convinced that the indian archaeological site of. Some, as we know, have divided it into three parts, calling its inhabitants aquitani, belgae, and celtae. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. Strabo probably worked on his geography and now missing history concurrently, as the geography contains a considerable amount of historical data. Strabos cultural geography strabo of amasia, a greek geographer of the augustotiberian period, observed the roman world of his time. The origin of the basques and the basque language is a controversial topic that has given rise to numerous hypotheses.