According to the livius site, strabos geographies were partly based on autopsy personal visits, and partly on other sources. The geographical extent of the books of the geography. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link.
Book 555 book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. Strabo project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. This is a very good source of information about history although it is geography. The present book with the notes records a really incredible longterm effort on part of the translator, and i am willing to pay for that. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with. The strabo application is a georeferenced, interactive digital map of the ancient mediterranean world to accompany the text of the geography translated by duane w. Internet archive bookreader strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library. The geography of strabo book 17 download ebook pdf, epub. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. The writers who have divided the habitable world according to continents divide it unequally. The routledge companion to strabo 1st edition daniela. The only geographical description which has been preserved of the hellenic and roman world.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. The parts still left of asia are those outside the taurus except cilicia and pamphylia and lycia, i mean the parts extending from india as far as the nile. Africa wants so much of being a third part of the habitable world that, even if it were. The routledge companion to strabo explores the works of strabo of amasia c.
Strabos other great work, his geographica in 17 books, has survived in its entirety. It has survived complete, except for the end of book 7, and was finished sometime between a. They confirm this fable with stories about caucasus 16 and prometheus. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of.
Strabos geography, also a substantial work, was in 17 books. According to strabo himself, his books on india and persia books. Ce 24, a greek author writing at the prime of roman expansion and political. 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 egypt and africa. 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. Geography, volume viii strabo harvard university press. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus modern amasya, turkey, 2 a city that he said was situated the approximate equivalent of 75 km from the black sea. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5. Print and online editions of the greek text of strabos.
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