Research Catalog

Title

Pytheas of Massalia : texts, translation, and commentary / Lionel Scott.

Author

Scott, Lionel (Historian)

Publication

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

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Details

Description

xxi, 201 pages : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

"Pytheas of Massalia (Marseille), mariner, explorer, geographer and astronomer, made a pioneering voyage into the then unknown Atlantic around 325 BC, reaching Britain and the Baltic; this book collects and translates the references to him and his book (which is lost), and discusses and explains them. The Greeks of Pytheas' time knew virtually nothing of northern Europe beyond the often-fantastical stories of traders, and Pytheas was the first person to provide factual, first-hand information on this region. His journey covered Iberia, France, Britain, from where he travelled so far north that he encountered ice floes; he then reached the Baltic. It was he who recorded Thule, and his astronomy enabled him to locate it on the Arctic Circle. Two thirds of our references to Pytheas come from Pliny and Strabo; their methods of work, as well as the perils of manuscript transmission, are explored in this volume. Scott also includes discussions and appendices on these areas to enable the scope of available references to be understood as a whole. There are some details of Pytheas' voyage that are lost, but the book offers balanced reasons for proposing how we may reasonably fill them in. The breadth of Pytheas' achievements and the areas and topics his work covers mean that he has a wide range of appeal within classical studies and ancient history. This volume provides an invaluable resource to undergraduate and postgraduate students of early geography and astronomy, and Greece's knowledge of and relationship to the rest of Europe in this period"--

Series Statement

Routledge classical translations

Uniform Title

Routledge classical translations.

Subject

• Pytheas, of Massalia
• Geography, Ancient

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-191) and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-6777

ISBN

• 9781032019987
• 1032019980
• 9781032020068
• 1032020067

LCCN

2021023854

OCLC

1256591504

Author

Scott, Lionel (Historian), author.

Title

Pytheas of Massalia : texts, translation, and commentary / Lionel Scott.

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 187-191) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Scott, Lionel (Historian) Pytheas of Massalia Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781003181392 (DLC) 2021023855

Research Call Number

JFE 21-6777