Read the geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 by strabo available from rakuten kobo. An english translation, with introduction and notes. His kingdom consisted of the country bounded by the halys, 27 extending to the tibareni, 28 to armenia, to the territory within the halys, extending as far as amastris, 29 and to some parts of paphlagonia. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. Gathered here are all 8 volumes of the loeb classical library translation of strabo s geography, with greek and english translation by horace leonard jones on facing pages. The isles of the blest 10 are on the extreme west of maurusia, 11 near where its shore runs parallel to the opposite coast of spain. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. 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 an english translation by horace leonard jones. Imprints at perseus include avalon travel publishing home to rick steves and the moon guides, basic books, running press, publicaffairs and da capo press. Lake of constance the length of the lake is now 46 12 miles from bregenz to steinamrhein, while its greatest width is 10 12 miles. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Smiths dictionary of greek and roman biography and mythology, vol 3, 1867, p. Author of geography, volume i, geography, volume ii, and geographika. He presents a fascinating picture of how the world appeared to the greeks and romans of the late 1st century bce and early 1st century ce. While only some volumes of jones loeb translation are to be found as scanned books on the internet archive, the entire translation is available as html files at lacus curtius. The translation is supplemented by a detailed discussion of strabo s life and his purpose in writing the geography, as well as the sources that he used. Sep 23, 2012 buy the geography of strabo by strabo.
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. Geography, the geography of strabo volume iiii 1 of 5 translations. 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. An english translation of strabos geography, based on the translation by h. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new.
Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The italian humanist, alfonso bonacciuoli of ferrara, translated stabos work while under the patronage of the gonzaga family. Full text of the geography of strabo see other formats. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. Strabo s work,which was extremely long, was divided into seventeen books, probably by the author himself.
Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Mar 31, 2014 this is the first complete english translation in nearly a century, and the first to make use of recent scholarship on the greek text itself and on the history of geography. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. Roller published his translation, the geography of strabo, in 2014.
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. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. Thence, sailing out past the gulf, one comes to leucosia, 1 an island, from which it is only a short voyage across to the continent. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. 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. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Hamilton, and subsequently fowler, translated kramers greek edition into english between 1854 and 1857. The geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 ebook by strabo. Perseus book group was founded by frank pearl in 1996 and became a part of the hachette book group in 2016. Books by strabo sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Strabo mentions the connexion of his own family with crete.
The geography of strabo, volume 3 of 3 strabo 168 downloads the geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 strabo 119 downloads the geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 strabo 108 downloads. Strabo wrote the geography between the years 1718 and 2324. Strabo the geography of strabo volume ii host title. Geographica strabo, the geography of strabo, volume ii publisher. An english translation, with introduction and notes roller, duane w. The island is named after one of the sirens, who was cast ashore here after the sirens had flung themselves. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. Geographika, or geography, is an strabo probably worked on his geography and now missing history concurrently, as the geography contains a considerable amount of historical data. On the operations of nature, that all things converge to a point, namely, the centre of the whole, and assume a spherical shape around it. Geography, volume viii strabo harvard university press. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free ebook.
Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Jul 18, 2018 this latter was but a very indifferent colony, having been seriously impaired by the rh. As we pass from europe to asia in our geography, the northern division is the first of the two divisions to which we come. The sixteenth book contains assyria, in which are the great cities babylon and nisibis. Mrbq11 strabonis rerum geographicarum libri iixv with isaaci casauboni commentaries et castigations the 17 books about geographical matters by strabo, with commentary and notes by isaac casaubon this beautiful edition of strabo s kolossourgia, or colossal work, published with commentary by isaac casaubon, has.
Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Strabo s work is considered to be the first work of political and ethical geography. Texts of individual books of strabos geography and commentaries on specific regions. The fifth book contains a description of italy from the roots of the alps to the strait of sicily, the gulf of taranto, and the region about posidonium. Passage across in strabo means the usual boatpassage, but the terminal points of this passage are now unknown. The years of his birth and death are not established, but s. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. Geography strabo, used abebooks shop for books, art. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607.
There the airs of zephyr breathe, there the poet feigned. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. The english translation of hamilton and falconer 1850s has been made available by the perseus project, along with meinekes 1877 teubner edition of the greek text.
It is part of the loeb classical library series, published by harvard university press, and is often referred to simply as the loeb edition. 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, greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both greeks and romans during the reign of augustus 27 bce14 ce. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. The most easily available translation of strabo s geography is by h.
After the mouth of the silaris one comes to leucania, and to the temple of the argoan hera, built by jason, and near by, within fifty stadia, to poseidonia. This work is only provided via the perseus project at tufts university. Electronic texts of strabos geography strabo the geographer. At any rate, aristotle bequeathed his own library to theophrastus, to whom he also left his school. My suggested books should appeal to anyone interested in ancient history or classical studies. Strabo, greek geographer and historian, augustan period, our only source is s. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentda. He not only traveled, but he relied on the recorded geographies of other writers to fill the gaps in his knowledge which was pretty extensive. Strabo s work,which was extremely long, was divided into seventeen books. Note that the greek text provided through perseus is restricted to books 614 of the geography, rather than being the full complement of seventeen books. Callisthenes, for instance, says that alexander was ambitious of the glory of visiting the oracle, because he knew that perseus and hercules had before performed the journey thither.
Near laus is the herotemple of draco, one of the companions of odysseus, in regard to which the following oracle was given out to the italiotes. The greek text of strabo s geography, based on an 1877 reprint of meineke 185253. He annexed to the kingdom of pontus the seacoast towards the west as far as heracleia, 30 the birthplace of heracleides the. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. Strabo, geography, book, chapter 1, section 54 perseus digital.
Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of. As is the case with all books in the loeb series, the greek text is printed on the lefthand page, with the english translation on the righthand page. Greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both greeks and romans during the reign of augustus 27 bce14 ce. In this massive new volume, he provides a detailed exegesis of strabo s text. If you have any questions about the perseus project texts in the internet classics archive, including the perseus project notice, please consult the help pages. Strabo, geography, book 1, chapter 1, section 1 perseus. Now that i have described iberia and the celtic and italian tribes, along with the islands near by, it will be next in order to speak of the remaining parts of europe, dividing them in the approved manner. The greek text of strabos geography, based on an 1877 reprint of meineke 185253. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo.
The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free ebook. 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. Hide browse bar your current position in the text is marked in blue. The stars also he describes as bathed in the ocean. The first 10 books of strabo s geographica first italian ed and first not in latin. 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. The book contains an account of the numerous islands about crete, including the sporades and some of the cyclades. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. An english translation of strabo s geography, based on the translation by h. Texts of individual books of strabo s geography and commentaries on specific regions.
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