Geography, volume iv strabo harvard university press. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. Strabo seems to have thought that the narbonnaise formed part of keltica. Zijn familie van moederskant oefende belangrijke functies uit onder. 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. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. The loeb classical library edition of strabo is in eight volumes. 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. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Straboenters largely, in the second book of his geography, into the opinions of eratosthenes and. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. Strabo wrote the geography between the years 1718 and 2324. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. 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 contains the seventeen books, and is very beautifully written, and. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Cambridge core classical studies general strabos cultural geography edited by daniela dueck. West of the treveri and the nervii dwell the senones and the remi, and farther on, the atrebatii and the eburones. For a detailed analysis and study of this chapter, see a. Strabo enters largely, in the second book of his geography, into the opinions of eratosthenes and. Likewise of britain, and of certain islands in the ocean which are habitable, together with the country of the barbarians, and the nations dwelling beyond the danube. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. 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. 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 assyria, babylonia, syria, and arabia, 17 with. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol.
Strabo was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the transitional period of the roman republic into the roman empire. Strabos work,which was extremely long, was divided into seventeen books, probably by the author himself. The fourth book contains a description of the regions about gaul, spain, and the alps on this side, towards italy. 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. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. The earth is the densest body, and nearer the centre than all others. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. 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. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. He became a keen traveler 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.
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