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Pytheas of Massalia : texts, translation, and commentary

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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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
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