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Pseudo-Skylax's periplous : the circumnavigation of the inhabited world : text, translation and commentary
- Title
- Pseudo-Skylax's periplous : the circumnavigation of the inhabited world : text, translation and commentary / Graham Shipley.
- Author
- Shipley, Graham
- Publication
- Exeter, England : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2011.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Scylax, of Caryanda, active 6th century B.C.
- Description
- xii, 244 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- The Periplous--often attributed to Skylax of Karyanda but in fact written by an unknown author during the fourth century BC--describes the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Seas as known by the ancient Greeks in great detail, noting towns, rivers, harbors, and mountains. This is the first full edition of the Periplous to be published since 1855, and the first complete English translation.
- Alternative Title
- Periplous
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-235) and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in Greek, with English translation; introduction and commentary in English.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-3219
- ISBN
- 1904675832 (pbk.)
- 9781904675839 (pbk.)
- 9781904675822 (hardback)
- 1904675824 (hardback)
- OCLC
- 647671172
- Author
- Shipley, Graham.
- Title
- Pseudo-Skylax's periplous : the circumnavigation of the inhabited world : text, translation and commentary / Graham Shipley.
- Imprint
- Exeter, England : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-235) and index.
- Language
- Text in Greek, with English translation; introduction and commentary in English.
- Added Author
- Scylax, of Caryanda, active 6th century B.C. Periplus. Greek and English. 2011.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-3219