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Strabo of Amasia : a Greek man of letters in Augustan Rome / Daniela Dueck.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dueck, Daniela, 1965-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strabo.
- Strabo. Geography.
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D--Influence.
- Augustus.
- Geographers--Italy--Rome--Biography.
- Geographers.
- Geography, Ancient.
- Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routlege, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Strabo of Amasia offers an intellectual biography of Strabo, a Greek man of letters, set against the political and cultural background of Augustan Rome. It offers the first full-scale interpretation of the man and his life in English. It emphasises the place and importance of Strabo's Geography and of geography itself within these intellectual circles. It argues for a deeper understanding of the fusion of Greek and Roman elements in the culture of the Roman Empire. Though he wrote in Greek, Strabo must be regarded as an 'Augustan' writer like Virgil or Livy.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Strabo's background and antecedents; Strabo and the Greek tradition; Strabo and the world of Augustan Rome; Geography, politics and empire; Greek scholars in Augustan Rome; The Geography; a 'colossal work'; Notes; Bibliography; Index of geographical names; Index of personal names
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-216) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-60560-9
- 1-134-60561-7
- 1-280-06955-4
- 0-585-44927-9
- 0-203-46218-1
- 9780203462188
- OCLC:
- 560005441
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