The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. Strabo focuses on how the world of the political present emerged from the world of the political past. Asia is adjacent to europe, bordering thereon along the tanais river. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The 11th book commences with the description of the countries separated from. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern. 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. Now theophanes, 1 who made the expedition with pompey and was in the country of the albanians, says that the gelae and the legae, scythian people, live between the amazons and the albanians, and that the mermadalis river flows there, midway between these people and the amazons. Strabos 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. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers. 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 project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol.
Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators. I must therefore describe this country next, first dividing it, for the sake of clearness. Each of strabo s books receives a 5080 page chapter of commentary. The original book is now lost, but its fragments have survived in later greek and latin works. The parts still left of asia are those outside the taurus except cilicia and pamphylia and lycia, i mean the parts extending from india as far as the nile and lying between the taurus and the outer sea on the south. 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 n 1 was a greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in asia minor during the transitional period of the roman republic into the roman empire. An english translation, with introduction and notes roller, duane w. The soil of the country is well suited to the vine. Strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library. The office of priest is held by the man who, after the king, is held in highest honor.
A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. Featured audio all audio latest this just in grateful dead netlabels old time radio 78 rpms and cylinder recordings. In this massive new volume, he provides a detailed exegesis of strabo s text. Texts of individual books of strabo s geography and commentaries on specific regions. The aorsi and the siraces are thought to be fugitives from the upper tribes of those names11 and the aorsi are more to the north than the siraces. The achaei were an ancient people of scythia, mentioned by strabo 11. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. 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. Lake of constance the length of the lake is now 46 12 miles from bregenz to stein. As for bactria, a part of it lies alongside aria towards the north, though most of it lies above aria and to the east of it. Indica is an account of mauryan india by the greek writer megasthenes.
The northern and eastern parts of the world and the hellenic peninsula book 7. 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. 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. Book from the archaeological survey of india central archaeological library, new delhi. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. The amazons, also, are said to live in the mountains above albania. 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.
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. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The earliest of these works are those by diodorus siculus, strabo. Roller published his translation, the geography of strabo, in 2014. Geography, volume ii strabo harvard university press. His geography is a description of the cultural and geopolitical world of that time, as well as an account of how the physical world was then perceived. Passage across in strabo means the usual boatpassage, but the terminal points of this passage are now unknown. Geography, volume vii strabo harvard university press. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. In fact, lakonia too is now short of population as compared with its large population in olden times, for outside of sparta the remaining towns are only about thirty.