Research Catalog

Title

Three ancient geographical treatises in translation : Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periplous, and Avienus / Duane W. Roller.

Author

Roller, Duane W.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hanno
• Pseudo-Scymnus
• Avienus, Rufius Festus

Description

x, 202 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"This volume is a translation and commentary of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the Periplous Dedicated to King Nikomedes, from the last half of the second century BC, and Avienus, from the fourth century AD. The modern translations of texts in this book represent a thousand years of Greco-Roman geographical scholarship, and thus provide an overview of the discipline from its beginnings to late antiquity. Readers will learn about the development of Greek geography, and the earliest adventures outside the Mediterranean into the Atlantic, as far south as the tropics and north into the Arctic. These explorations make for fascinating stories about early human endeavors into an unknown world. Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation offers specialists new information about Greek exploration and a modern translation of significant ancient texts, while non-specialist scholars and undergraduate students with an interest in Greco-Roman literature and ancient geography will also find the volume useful and accessible"--

Series Statement

Routledge classical translations

Uniform Title

Routledge classical translations.

Subject

• Hanno
• Pseudo-Scymnus
• Avienus, Rufius Festus
• Ora maritima (Avienus, Rufius Festus)
• Orbis descriptio (Pseudo-Scymnus)
• Periplus (Hanno)
• Classical geography

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-6758

ISBN

• 9780367462543
• 0367462540
• 9781032112916
• 1032112913

LCCN

2021018925

OCLC

1251738335

Author

Roller, Duane W., author.

Title

Three ancient geographical treatises in translation : Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periplous, and Avienus / Duane W. Roller.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge classical translations

Routledge classical translations.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index.

Added Author

Hanno. Periplus. English.

Pseudo-Scymnus. Orbis descriptio. English.

Avienus, Rufius Festus. Ora maritima. English.

Other Form:

Online version: Roller, Duane W. Three ancient geographical treatises in translation Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003030379 (DLC) 2021018926

Research Call Number

JFE 21-6758