The Geography of Strabo by Duane W Roller

The Geography of Strabo by Duane W Roller

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.

'… students of Strabo have been given a gift indeed, and we should await the second volume of this project with great anticipation' Lee E. Patterson, The Classical Review

Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at Ohio State University. An historian and archaeologist, he is the author of ten books, most recently Cleopatra: A Biography (2010) and Eratosthenes' Geography (2010), and over 150 scholarly articles on topics in archaeology, ancient history, classical studies and musicology. He has also excavated in Greece, Italy, Turkey, Jordan and Israel.

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ISBN 13	9781316625675
ISBN 10	1316625672
Title	The Geography of Strabo
Author	Duane W Roller
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2020-08-06
Number of pages	909
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