Geographers of the Ancient Greek World
Geographers of the Ancient Greek World
£110.00
GBPAncient 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
Product details
April 2024Hardback
9781009194204
664 pages
251 × 179 × 41 mm
1.33kg
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Table of Contents
- Introduction: Greek geography and geographers D. Graham J. Shipley
- Time-line D. Graham and 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.
