The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free. Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. There is no ground for considering the geography of strabo an improved. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of strabo. For example, book seven of the geography is found in volume three of the. An english translation, with introduction and notes roller, duane w. The routledge companion to strabo routledge handbooks online. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Geography is a vital source for ancient geography and informative about ancient geographers. Cispadana comprehends that part next the apennines and liguria, and transpadana the remainder. After the mouth of the silaro,1 is leucania, and the temple of argive juno, founded by jason. Having thus given a general view of geography, it will now be proper to describe each separate country in detail, as we engaged to do.
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 deaths lay in the future when strabo wrote about the relatives of augustus in book 5. 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. The country of the aedui is defined by reports of them in ancient writings. If one presumes that strabo acquired the motivation for writing geography during his education, the latter must have. The remainder of europe consists of the country which is between the ister and the encircling sea, beginning at the recess of the adriatic and extending as far as the sacred mouth 1 of the ister.
We fancy that the method which we have adopted in the division of our subject, up to this point, has been correct. With regard to harbours, roads, walls, and other buildings, it so much surpasses other cities, that we know of none equal, much less superior to it. 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. It is a commonplace for scholars of encyclopaedic works to bemoan that such texts. This is a selective summary of translations of strabo s work from ancient greek into modern languages.
An xml version of this text is available for download, with the additional restriction that you offer perseus any modifications you make. Note that books one to five, and fifteen to seventeen i. Strabos description of the north and roman geopolitical ideas. Strabo, geography, book 7, chapter 5 tufts university. An english translation, with introduction and notes. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Strabo, geography, book 7, chapter 4 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. Geography, volume iv strabo harvard university press.
The upper loire formed their western border, separating them from the bituriges. I have already indicated roughly both the shape and the size of this country. The po divides it almost through its midst, one side being denominated cispadana, and the other transpadana. Thegeographyof strabo 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. In front is the island eleussa, at the distance of 4 stadia. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. 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. That on the east is the country beyond the rhine, as far as the don1 and the mouth of the sea of azof. This work is licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3.
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. 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. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. In the seventh book strabo describes the remaining portions of europe. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. The routledge companion to strabo explores the works of strabo of amasia c. 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. According to kramer, the first ten books are copied from codex 5 of the. Perseus provides credit for all accepted changes, storing new additions in a versioning system.
After the aforesaid tribes, the rest are tribes of those belgae who live on the oceancoast. A subscription is required to access the full text content of this book. If one presumes that strabo acquired the motivation for writing geography during his education. Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. The part of the translation for which i am responsible commences at chap. The fifth book contains a description of italy from the roots of the alps to the strait of sicily, the gulf of taranto, and the region about posidonium. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo. And they have powerful chieftains in their country. This new edition of strabos geography is the perfect study guide for students looking to tackle the text.
It breaks the work up into individual chapters, then presents each chapter first in its original greek, then. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the. Strabo s words in book 5 thus came to have a greater compass than he had originally intended. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607.
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