Putnam, 19171932, also by horace leonard jones and j. The strabo application is a georeferenced, interactive digital map of the ancient mediterranean world to accompany the text of the geography translated by duane w. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. The fourteenth book contains an account of the cyclades islands and the region opposite to them, pamphylia, isauria, lycia, pisidia, cilicia as far as. The rest of the 15 books are a heavily romancentric description of the known world. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Delphi complete works of strabo geography illustrated by. It is not known when his geography was written, though comments within the work itself place the finished version within the reign of emperor tiberius. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the roman empire of greek descent. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from.
You may begin reading the english translation as well as the greek version and a greek version. When we were describing arabia, we included in the description the gulfs which compress and make it a peninsula, namely the gulfs of arabia and of persis. An asiatic greek in the time of augustus, strabo was a keen voyager that explored the four corners of the ancient world and compiled an important geography in seventeen books on his travels. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Amesia is in the interior of asia minor and still retains its ancient name fig. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607.
Later he made long travels to egypt and kush, among others. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. Delphi complete works of strabo geography illustrated. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Read the geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 by strabo available from rakuten kobo. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. Although strabo quotes it himself, and other classical authors mention that it existed, the only surviving document is a fragment of papyrus now in possession of the university of milan renumbered papyrus 46. Roller and published by cambridge university press 2014. The roman writer strabo wrote what is often considered as the first attempt to synthesise a universal geography. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. History of macedonia ancient writers about macedonia strabo.
Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. This is a very good source of information about history although it is geography. The statements made by eratosthenes in the first book of his geography. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. Greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant work covering the whole range of peoples and countries known to both greeks and romans during the reign of augustus 27 bce14 ce. After transalpine celtica and the tribes which hold this country, i must tell about the alps themselves and the people who inhabit them, and then about the whole of italy, keeping the same order in. This work is only provided via the perseus project at tufts university. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Page numbers in brackets below are references to pothecary 2002, unless. There is no ground for considering the geography of strabo an improved edition of that of eratosthenes.
In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of alexander the great. Strabo squinty was a term employed by the romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Strabo was born in amesia, 50 miles to the south of black sea coast in turkey in about 64 b. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with.
Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. After transalpine celtica and the tribes which hold this country, i must tell about the alps themselves and the people who inhabit them, and then about the whole of italy, keeping the same order in my description as is given me by the nature of the country. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age around 1518 ad. Ad 24 was a greek geographer who was born in pontus modern turkey and travelled in the eastern mediterranean. In ad 14, the emperor augustus had died and been succeeded by his adopted son and heir, tiberius. Strabo was born in a rich family from pontus which had become part of the roman empire a short time before. He collected his observationsinhismagnumopus,thegeography,whichhedescribed as a kolossourgia, a colossal statue of a work. The twelfth book contains the remainder of pontus, viz. He studied under several geographers and philosophers. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The first two books deal with the principals of geography. 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.
The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free ebook. Offering a window into the lost world of classical rome and greece, strabos geography is a major source for the study of ancient geography. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. The geography also known by its latin names as the geographia and the cosmographia, is a. Strabo provides us with location of people and rivers, mountains.
Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica. The seventeenth book contains the whole of egypt and africa. A better definition of geography may be the study of natural and human. Ptolemy and strabo and their conversation with appelles and.
For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number. The geography consists of three sections, divided among 8 books. Questia read the fulltext online edition of the geography of strabo vol. The first two books of strabos geography are the most important of the 17 books for cosmology and physical geography book i and mathematical geography. Mar 31, 2014 buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with assyria, babylonia, syria, and arabia, 17 with egypt and africa. On the operations of nature, that all things converge to a point, namely, the centre of the whole, and assume a spherical shape around it. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. The geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 ebook by strabo.
Strabo states the width of persia 4,400 stadia or about 800 km and its length towards the caspian to be 8,000 stadia or about 1,500 km. His text about gaul draws heavily upon posidonius, although he also uses polybius and pythaes as sources. Geography, volume viii, book 17 and general index loeb classical library no. New revelations of the americas before columbus paperback october 10, 2006.
Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. Cappadocia, gala tia, bithynia, mysia, phrygia, and m. 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. Geography book xii chapter 3 section 15, amaseia, my. This helps clarify what the historians were saying, which sometimes was not true. In his series of books, strabo describes the cultural geographies of the various. Strabo geography there remain of europe, first, macedonia and the parts of thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as byzantium.
The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. Some, as we know, have divided it into three parts, calling its inhabitants aquitani, belgae, and celtae. Ad 24 was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the transitional period of the roman republic into the roman empire. West central hellas and the hellenic islands part 1. Columbus 1492, da gama, coronado, cartier, dealt with overcoming 5 problems of the day 1. The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. The emphasis in this book is on geography as a field of inquiry framed by spatial and environmental perspectives about the places, environments, and cultures on earths surface. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions.
The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 literally translated, with notes language. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. The geography of strabo, volume i of 3 by strabo hellenica world. The country next in order after the aquitanian division and narbonitis reaches as far as the whole of the rhenus, extending from the liger river and also from the rhodanus at the point where the rhodanus, after it runs down from its source, touches lugdunum. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Strabos cultural geography strabo of amasia, a greek geographer of the augustotiberian period, observed the roman world of his time. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. List of works by strabo, part of the internet classics archive. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first. Lake of constance the length of the lake is now 46 12 miles from bregenz to steinamrhein, while its greatest width is 10 12 miles. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the.
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