Research Catalog
The Geography of Strabo
- Title
- The Geography of Strabo / translated by Duane W. Roller.
- Author
- Strabo.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-8007 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Roller, Duane W.
- Description
- xv, 891 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Geography of Strabo is the only surviving work of its type in Greek literature, and the major source for the history of Greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of Alexander the Great, cultic history, the history of the eastern Mediterranean in the first century BC, and women's history. Modern knowledge of seminal geographical authors such as Eratosthenes and Hipparchos relies almost totally on Strabo's use of them. 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 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"--
- Uniform Title
- Geography. English. 2014
- Alternative Title
- Geography. 2014
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-810) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the Greek.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The translation -- Appendix 1. Glossary of untranslated words -- Appendix 2. The sources of the fragments.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-8007
- ISBN
- 9781107038257
- 1107038251
- LCCN
- 2014006702
- OCLC
- 869269538
- Author
- Strabo.
- Title
- The Geography of Strabo / translated by Duane W. Roller.
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 79-810) and index.
- Language
- Translated from the Greek.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Roller, Duane W., translator.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-8007