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A historical and topographical guide to the geography of Strabo
- Title
- A historical and topographical guide to the geography of Strabo / Duane W. Roller.
- Author
- Roller, Duane W.
- Publication
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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- Description
- xvi, 1,165 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The story that the Argonauts returned home by means of the Istros (Danube) and the Adriatic (see 1.2.10) meant that there were also relics in those areas, some of which were mentioned by Kallimachos. He placed the Argonauts in the Aegean (Anaphe, an island east of Thera where they landed [Apollonios 4.1717]), Thessaly (called Haimonia), and on the Istrian (Histrian) peninsula, where the pursuing Kolchians founded Pola (modern Pula in Croatia). Such a return for the Argo is based on the idea that the Istros split into two branches, one to the Black Sea and the other to the Adriatic, a geographical improbability first mentioned in the fourth century BC (Pseudo-Skylax 20; Aristotle, Research on Animals 7[8].13). The idea may have come through erroneous understanding of the complex river systems of the region, the fact that tributaries of the Danube are within 20 km. of the Adriatic in Croatia, and the similarity of the names Istros (the river) and Histria (the peninsula)"--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Preface; Abbreviations; Maps: 1. The ancient world as known to Strabo; 2. The inhabited world (Oikoumene); 3. The geographical extent of the books of the Geography; The guide to the Geography: Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Book 6; Book 7; Book 8; Book 9; Book 10; Book 11; Book 12; Book 13; Book 14; Book 15; Book 16; Book 17; Bibliography; Index of passages cited; General index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-3566
- ISBN
- 9781107180659
- 1107180651
- LCCN
- 2017012400
- OCLC
- 1001967899
- Author
- Roller, Duane W., author.
- Title
- A historical and topographical guide to the geography of Strabo / Duane W. Roller.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Supplement To:
- Strabo. Geography. English. 2014. Cambridge : New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-3566