The Geography of Strabo: An English Translation, with Introduction and Notes

ISBN-13: 9781316625675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 909 str.

Duane W. Roller

Opis

First serviceable English translation in nearly a century of the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature. The major source for studying ancient geography and an important source for the journey of Alexander the Great, Greek cultic history, and early scientific theories about the nature of the world.

Recenzje

'… students of Strabo have been given a gift indeed, and we should await the second volume of this project with great anticipation.' Lee E. Patterson, The Classical Review

Spis treści

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