We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. Geography, volume iii, books 67 loeb classical library. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. Strabo focuses on how the world of the political present emerged from the world of the political past. Strabo was born in a rich family from pontus which had become part of the roman empire a short time before.
For e books, where available, click on the volume number. Strabo geography geography volume vii by strabo 1930, hardcover at the best online prices at. Weve put together suggestions for replacements to popular entries on summer reading lists. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical. The geography of strabo 1917, harvard university press, w. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Sidereels inaugural summer bingewatching list leah. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Later he made long travels to egypt and kush, among others. Strabos narrative is often equal parts travelogue, history, and geography. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. In book 16, he leads us on a tour of syria and the phoenician coast.
Strabo s words in book 5 thus came to have a greater compass than he had originally intended. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Pallene and phlegra is most commonly called nowadays kassandra, or peninsula of kassandra. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. This helps clarify what the historians were saying, which sometimes. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. 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.
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. Tv is basically the greatest invention in the history of mankind im not even being hyperbolic, and the staff here at sidereel is firmly of the opinion that its time to start treating it as the literary medium that it is. Geography, volume viii strabo harvard university press. Texts of individual books of strabo s geography and commentaries on specific regions.
Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. His geography is a description of the cultural and geopolitical world of that time, as well as an account of how the physical world was then perceived. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars.
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. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. More information on about the bookreader report a problem. It is not known when his geography was written, though comments within the work itself place the finished version within the reign of emperor tiberius. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. This is a very good source of information about history although it is geography. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library author. These deaths lay in the future when strabo wrote about the relatives of augustus in book 5. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Book 555 book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1.
The sources of the fragments 782 bibliography 789 list of passages cited 793. An english translation, with introduction and notes. See more ideas about tv shows, favorite tv shows and old tv shows. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Geography, volume v strabo harvard university press. Second, when we were cruising the south pacfic in 1992 we were privileged to meet one of the main characters featured in the book, hippour, one of the last surviving natural navigators on his home island of puluwat atoll, near truk in micronesia. The 15th and 16th books contain a description of the second portion of asia, namely, the southern or the other side of taurus. Strabo was at work some two thousand years ago, in the early days of the roman empire.
His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. The sixteenth book contains assyria, in which are the great cities babylon and nisibis. Strabo provides us with location of people and rivers, mountains. First, the name of my sailboat, kavenga, which i have owned since 1983 came from its pages. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence. He studied under several geographers and philosophers. 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. Geography, volume vii strabo harvard university press.
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