Geographers of the Ancient Greek World 2 Volume Hardback Set
Geographers of the Ancient Greek World 2 Volume Hardback Set
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Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic to the Late Antique period. Most of these texts are, however, hard for non-specialists to find, and many have never been translated into English. This volume, the work of an international team of experts, presents the most important thirty-six texts in new, accurate translations. In addition, there are explanatory notes and authoritative introductions to each text, which offer a new understanding of the individual writings and demonstrate their importance: no longer marginal, but in the mainstream of Greek literature and science. The book includes twenty-eight newly drawn maps, images of the medieval manuscripts in which most of these works survive, and a full Introduction providing a comprehensive survey of the field of Greek and Roman geography.
- Provides accurate, and in some cases the first, English translations of these ancient geographical works, together with authoritative introductions and notes
- Delivers up-to-date, authoritative assessments of the character, significance, and legacy of each text
- The main Introduction presents a comprehensive, accessible survey of the whole of Ancient Greek and Roman geography, and the place of geographical writing within it
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‘… these volumes contain an amazing amount of information, often not easily available previously, and they will remain the standard for its topic for a long time.’ Duane W. Roller, Sehepunkte
Product details
- Published: June 2024
- Format: Multiple copy pack
- ISBN: 9781009174893
- Length: 1240 pages
- Dimensions: 249 × 176 × 75 mm
- Weight: 2.5kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Introduction: Greek geography and geographers D. Graham J. Shipley
- Time-line D. Graham J. Shipley
- Prologue: The Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Iliad, 2. 484–760) D. Graham J. Shipley
- Part I. Archaic Period:
- 1. Aristeas of Prokonnesos David C. Braund
- 2. Skylax of Karyanda D. Graham J. Shipley
- 3. Hekataios of Miletos D. Graham J. Shipley
- Part II. Classical Period:
- 4. Hanno of Carthage Richard J. A. Talbert and D. Graham J. Shipley
- 5. Hippokrates of Kos (?), Airs, Waters, and Places D. Graham J. Shipley
- 6. Eudoxos of Knidos D. Graham J. Shipley
- 7. Pseudo-Skylax D. Graham J. Shipley
- 8. Pytheas of Massalia D. Graham J. Shipley
- Part III. Hellenistic Period:
- 9. Dikaiarchos of Messana D. Graham J. Shipley
- 10. Timosthenes of Rhodes D. Graham J. Shipley
- 11. Herakleides Kritikos D. Graham J. Shipley
- 12. Eratosthenes of Kyrene D. Graham J. Shipley
- 13. Mnaseas of Patara Daniela Dueck
- 14. Skymnos of Chios D. Graham J. Shipley
- 15. Agatharchides of Knidos, On the Erythraian Sea Stanley M. Burstein and D. Graham J. Shipley
- 16. Hipparchos of Nikaia D. Graham J. Shipley
- 17. The Nikomedean Periodos ['Pseudo-Skymnos'] D. Graham J. Shipley
- 18. Artemidoros of Ephesos D. Graham J. Shipley
- 19. Poseidonios of Apameia Katherine J. Clarke
- 20. Dionysios son of Kalliphon D. Graham J. Shipley
- 21. Menippos of Pergamon J. Brian Campbell
- Part IV. Roman Period:
- 22. Juba II of Mauretania D. Graham J. Shipley
- 23. Isidoros of Charax Richard J. A. Talbert
- 24. Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Cosmos (De mundo) D. Graham J. Shipley
- 25. Pseudo-Arrian, Circumnavigation of the Erythraian Sea Colin E. P. Adams
- 26. Pseudo-Plutarch, On the Names of Rivers and Mountains and the Things in them J. Brian Campbell
- 27. Arrian of Nikomedeia, Circumnavigation of the Euxine Aidan Liddle
- 28. Dionysios Periegetes Yumna Z. N. Khan
- 29. Agathemeros son of Orthon D. Graham J. Shipley
- 30. Dionysios of Byzantion Oliver Nicholson and Thomas Russell
- 31. Pseudo-Hippolytos, Stadiasmos (Stade Table or Circumnavigation of the Great sea) James W. Ermatinger and Robert C. Helmer
- Part V. Late Antique Period:
- 32. Avienus (Avienius), Ora maritima (The Sea Coast) Ralph Morley
- 33. Expositio totius mundi et gentium (Account of the Whole World and its Peoples) and Iunior Philosophus Richard J. A. Talbert
- 34. Markianos of Herakleia D. Graham J. Shipley
- 35. Hypotypōsis tēs geōgraphias en epitomēi (Outline of Geography in Summary) D. Graham J. Shipley
- 36. Pseudo-Arrian, Circumnavigation of the Euxine D. Graham J. Shipley.
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