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. Strabo simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Strabo geography there remain of europe, first, macedonia and the parts of thrace that are contiguous to it and extend as far as byzantium. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. He traveled extensively, undoubtedly gathering notes, and made extended visits to rome and alexandria, where he is sure to have spent time in the famous library taking notes from his sources. This is the description he left of the city and of its monuments. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. Strabo was born in a rich family from pontus which had become part of the roman empire a short time before. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. With an english translation by horace leonard jones.
As with most ancient authors, not that much is known of strabo, and the loeb. Ad 24 was a greek geographer who was born in pontus modern turkey and travelled in the eastern mediterranean. Mar 31, 2014 buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xiii chapter 1 beginning. Aug 06, 2018 one of the earliest systematic works of geography, strabos book offers a revealing insight into the state of ancient scholarship, and remained influential for many centuries after the authors death. The application is produced by the ancient world mapping center awmc at the university of north carolina, chapel hill, and marks all locatable settlements, features, and. 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. Feb, 2014 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by. Ancient geography, early works to 1800, geography, greek language materials. See how instrumental churches appeal to the paganism defined by strabo as authority for instrumental music in the christian system.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. He says artemidorus is wrong in claiming a size of 100 times larger and that he could not have. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library.
His text about gaul draws heavily upon posidonius, although he also uses polybius and pythaes as sources. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. First, near the mesogis, opposite laodiceia, to hierapolis, where are the hot springs and the plutonium, both of which have something marvellous about them. For the habitable earth is bounded to the west by two continents, namely, the extremities of europe and libya,10 which are inhabited respectively by the iberians and the maurusians. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the. When the poet says that hypnos and hera came to manyfountained ida, mother of wild beasts, to lectum, where first the two left the sea, he. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The th, 14th, 12th books the order in which they stand from the medici ms. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. 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. 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.
Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. Although it pursues its course with great depth and breadth, it undergoes an extraordinary contraction of its size by the time it. Geography book xii chapter 3 section 15, amaseia, my fatherland. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Strabo of amasia, a greek geographer of the augustotiberian period, observed the roman world of his time.
Strabos geography, written under augustus and in the early years of tiberiuss. Among illustrious persons in ancient times natives of ephesus were. Roller and published by cambridge university press 2014. A kind of hegemony is held over these places by pergamum, which is a famous city and for a long time prospered along with the attalic kings. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with. Read the fulltext online edition of the geography of strabo vol. A native of sicily so clearsighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called strabo. Buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side.
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. 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. 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. 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. Strabo was born in amesia, 50 miles to the south of black sea coast in turkey in about 64 b. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. 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. Later he made long travels to egypt and kush, among others. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. 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.
Strabo, 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. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. He studied under several geographers and philosophers. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. 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. 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. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. The result was that the earlier school of peripatetics who came after theophrastus had no books at all, with the exception of only a few, mostly exoteric works, and were therefore able to philosophize about nothing in a practical way, but only to talk bombast about commonplace propositions, whereas the later school, from the time the books in.
Niese, beitrage zur biographie strabos, hermes 1878. The sources of the fragments 782 bibliography 789 list of passages cited 793. Around the years 3025 bc the historian and geographer strabo visited alexandria, together with the roman praefectus of egypt aelius gallus. Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known to his. The shape of the site of the city is that of a chlamys a military cloak. Amesia is in the interior of asia minor and still retains its ancient name fig. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages.
The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known to his era. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. Title page from isaac casaubon s 1620 edition of geographica. 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 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. The sides, which determine the length, are surrounded by water, and are about thirty stadia in extent. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The first country on this seaboard is the troad, the fame of which, although it is left in ruins and in desolation, nevertheless prompts in writers no ordinary prolixity. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number.
He collected his observations in his magnum opus, the geography, which he described as a kolossourgia, a colossal statue of a work. He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of italy, various near eastern regions including the black sea, various parts of asia minor, egypt as far as ethiopia, and parts of greece. The date of geographica is a large topic, perhaps because strabo worked on it along with his history for most of his adult life. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. One of the earliest systematic works of geography, strabos book offers a revealing insight into the state of ancient scholarship, and remained influential for many centuries after the authors death. For instance, when pindar, in the dithyramb which begins with these words,in earlier times there. 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. Book 555 book 14 599 book 15 645 book 16 689 book 17 731 appendix 1. These deaths lay in the future when strabo wrote about the relatives of augustus in book 5. The poets bear witness to such views as i have suggested.
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