Strabo contrasts his own readings with other ancient. That the greeks were hopelessly confused as to the. That this passage from the iliad is a reference to the olympic games was understood already in antiquity, as we gather from a discussion of it by the geographer strabo. Homer is mentioned in the geographys opening paragraph, and nearly the entire. 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. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. 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. For an overview of all advanced features, see the instructions page.
His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. The catalogue is noted for its deficit of detail compared to the immediately preceding catalogue of ships, which lists the greek contingents, and for the fact that only a few of the many trojans mentioned in the iliad appear there. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 6 14 translated by horace leonard. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the paliki peninsula on cephalonia with homeric ithaca. The first two books deal with the principals of geography. The trojan battle order or trojan catalogue is an epic catalogue in the second book of the iliad listing the allied contingents that fought for troy in the trojan war.
Strabo, geography, volume v loeb classical library. 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, 11 14. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 6 14 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Zeus is the child of cronus and rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from cronuss stomach. 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. Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library see other formats. Cappadocia,1 also, is a country of many parts and has undergone numerous changes. Same was supposed to be cephallenia because of the existence there, in classical times, of a city of samus see strabo 10. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito.
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, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Strabo s geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. The rest of the 15 books are a heavily romancentric description of the known world. Richard janko ancient greek scholarship on homers iliad is known largely through scholia. At all events, it is above the coast this side the anas that turdetania lies, and through it flows the baetis river. Dec 14, 2019 the book, translated into several languages, submits a revolutionary idea about the geographical setting of the iliad and odyssey. The roman writer strabo wrote what is often considered as the first attempt to synthesise a universal geography. Before his geography strabo wrote a history of the. Zeus is seduced by hera and becomes distracted while she helps out the greeks book 15. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. Strabos homer is not some stoic sage, nor the blind and divinely inspired mendicant of the biographical tradition, but very. 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. These diverse themes and approaches inform each other to provide a wideranging exploration of strabos work, making the book essential reading for students of ancient history and ancient geography.
The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. Aeschylus, fragments 155272 theoi classical texts library. 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. Since i have already described the islands of the peloponnesus in detail, not only the others, but also those in the corinthian gulf and those in front of it, i must.
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, 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. The geographical references in the odyssey to ithaca and its neighbors seem confused and have given rise to much scholarly argument, beginning in ancient times. Geography of the odyssey wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Strabo, greek geographer and historian whose geography is the only extant work. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca. That on the east is the country beyond the rhine, as far as the don1 and the mouth of the sea of azof. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. The collection offers a number of different approaches to the study of strabo, from traditional literary and historical perspectives to newer material and. Alternatively, carian may earn this epithet as the most familiar foreign barbarian language to a greek of the eastern aegean when the iliad was composed dalby 2006, p. In the seventh book strabo describes the remaining portions of europe. Strabos conception of human geography that is, the interactions of humans with their natural. Tiras was, according to genesis 10 and chronicles 1, the lastnamed son of japheth who is otherwise unmentioned in the hebrew bible. Zeus wakes up and realizes that his own brother, poseidon has been aiding the greeks, while also sending hector and apollo to help fight the trojans ensuring that the city of troy will fall.
The trojan battle order or trojan catalogue is an epic catalogue the second book of the iliad listing the allied contingents that fought for troy in the trojan war. Strabo evidently gives a forced meaning to the words of the poet, when he attempts to prove his acquaintance with the scythians and sarmatians. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Odysseuss ithaca is usually identified with the island traditionally called thiaki and now officially renamed ithake, but some scholars have argued that odysseuss ithaca is actually leucas, and others identify it with the whole or. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. The geography of the iliad in ancient scholarship by. In this 2005 volume an international team of strabo scholars explores those details, discussing the cultural, political, historical and geographical questions addressed in the geography. The name is sometimes associated by scholars with the teresh or tursha, one of the groups which made up the sea peoples, a naval confederacy which terrorized egypt and other mediterranean around 1200 bce. Odysseus words throughout the iliad, in the trial, and in. For strabos roman topography, see especially wiseman 1979.
The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. Loeb classical library, 8 volumes, greek texts with facing english translation by h. If you wish to view the entire text, please click here. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age around 1518 ad. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free ebook. The location of nestors pylos was disputed in antiquity. The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free. Strabo, geography, book 10, chapter 4 perseus digital library. For butones it is fairly certain that strabo wrote gutones the goths.
It is curious that a classic of so much renown and intrinsic value should have remained a comparatively sealed book to this country for so many centuries. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age. Strabos geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. This guide provides the first english analysis of and commentary on this. This guide provides the first english analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the authors the geography of strabo, the first english translation of the work in many years. 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. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. The journey of telemachus to pylos and sparta no longer raises geographical problems. The geography of the iliad in ancient scholarship by cassandra j. The fourteenth book contains an account of the cyclades islands and the region opposite to them, pamphylia, isauria, lycia, pisidia. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 literally translated, with notes. At the foot of the alps commences the region now known as italy. Strabos cultural geography the making of a kolossourgia.
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