Geographers of the Ancient Greek World. Volume 1 / D. Graham J. Shipley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shipley, D. Graham J., author.

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Subjects (All):

Geography, Ancient.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 628 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Ancient Greek geographical writing is represented not just by the surviving works of the well-known authors Strabo, Pausanias, and Ptolemy, but also by many other texts dating from the Archaic to the Late Antique period. Most of these texts are, however, hard for non-specialists to find, and many have never been translated into English. This volume, the work of an international team of experts, presents the most important thirty-six texts in new, accurate translations. In addition, there are explanatory notes and authoritative introductions to each text, which offer a new understanding of the individual writings and demonstrate their importance: no longer marginal, but in the mainstream of Greek literature and science. The book includes twenty-eight newly drawn maps, images of the medieval manuscripts in which most of these works survive, and a full Introduction providing a comprehensive survey of the field of Greek and Roman geography

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Mar 2024).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781009194211

1009194216