Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of. 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. Melvyn bragg and his guests discuss strabos geographica. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.
Strabo, geography, book 1, chapter 1, section 1 perseus. The sixteenth book contains assyria, in which are the great cities babylon and nisibis. The geography of strabo, volume 2 of 3 by strabo free. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. They leave no room for a road along the sea, but the road from the isthmus to megara and attica passes above them.
The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number. He presents a fascinating picture of how the world appeared to the greeks and romans of the late 1st century bce and early 1st century ce. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo. However, the road approaches so close to the rocks that in many places it passes along the edge of precipices, because the mountain situated above them is both lofty and impracticable for roads. The greek text of strabos geography, based on an 1877 reprint of meineke 185253. These forms evolved to the later greek form euseussa, for example perseus, with a probable female counterpart. Lycus is the name of multiple people in greek mythology. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers. Geography, volume viii strabo harvard university press. Walter william rouse ball a short account of the history of mathematics 1888 strabo, traveling in north africa. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books.
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. 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. Gathered here are all 8 volumes of the loeb classical library translation of strabos geography, with greek and english translation by horace leonard jones on facing pages. 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. When citing strabo with a link to the greek text in the perseus digital library preferred method, indicate the perseus edition as. According to strabo the tyrians paid particular attention to the sciences of numbers, navigation, and astronomy. Written almost exactly two thousand years ago by a greek scholar living in rome, the geographica is. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Strabo was related to dorylaeus on his mothers side. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo.
It breaks the work up into individual chapters, then presents each chapter first in its original greek, then with an english translation. 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. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc.
This is a selective summary of translations of strabo s work from ancient greek into modern languages. This work is only provided via the perseus project at tufts university. 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. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. Note that the greek text provided through perseus is restricted to books 614 of the geography, rather than being the full complement of seventeen books. An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions. Near to it is verona, a large city, and the smaller towns brescia, mantua, reggio, and como. Now that i have described iberia and the celtic and italian tribes, along with the islands near by, it will be next in order to speak of the remaining parts of europe, dividing them in the approved manner. This new edition of strabos geography is the perfect study guide for students looking to tackle the text.
Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on. Strabo considered that mathematical and astronomical knowledge was indispensable to the science of geography. Geography strabo perseus project, tufts university. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. 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. 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.