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A lively new translation of Strabo’s complete Geography—an
encyclopedic guide to the ancient world of the first century
CE—connecting it with the world of the twenty-first century
Strabo’s Geography is an encyclopedic description of the ancient
world as it appeared to a contemporary observer in the early Roman
Empire. Information about taming elephants, collecting saffron,
producing asphalt, and practicing yoga is found alongside accounts
of prostitution, volcanic activity, religious festivals, and
obscure eastern dynasties—all set against the shifting backdrop
of political power in the first century CE. Traveling around the
Mediterranean, Strabo gathered knowledge of places and people,
supplementing his first-hand experiences with an immense amount of
reading to create a sweeping chronicle that attempts to answer the
implicit questions “Who are we?” and “Where do we come
from?” Sarah Pothecary’s new translation of Strabo’s complete
Geography makes this important work more accessible, relevant, and
enjoyable than ever before. Conveying the informal, lively, and
almost journalistic style of Strabo’s Greek, this translation
connects the ancient and modern worlds by providing modern names
and maps for places mentioned in the text, a generous page layout,
and marginal notes, allowing readers to appreciate Strabo’s work
directly and immediately. The result mimics what Strabo was doing
two thousand years ago—relating the rapidly changing present of
his original readers to their own ancient past. A remarkable
translation of Strabo’s remarkable window on the ancient world,
this is essential reading for anyone interested in how we look at
both antiquity and the world today.
Strabo of Amasia, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian
period, observed the Roman world of his time. He collected his
observations in his magnum opus, the Geography, which he described
as a 'Kolossourgia', a colossal statue of a work. This term
reflects not only the work's size in seventeen books, but also its
multi-faceted nature, composed of many different elements like the
detailing on a statue. In this 2005 volume an international team of
Strabo scholars explores those details, discussing the cultural,
political, historical and geographical questions addressed in the
Geography. The collection offers a number of different approaches
to the study of Strabo, from traditional literary and historical
perspectives to newer material and feminist readings. These diverse
themes and approaches inform each other to provide a wide-ranging
exploration of Strabo's work, making the book essential reading for
students of ancient history and ancient geography.
Strabo of Amasia, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian
period, observed the Roman world of his time. He collected his
observations in his magnum opus, the Geography, which he described
as a 'Kolossourgia', a colossal statue of a work. This term
reflects not only the work's size in seventeen books, but also its
multi-faceted nature, composed of many different elements like the
detailing on a statue. In this 2005 volume an international team of
Strabo scholars explores those details, discussing the cultural,
political, historical and geographical questions addressed in the
Geography. The collection offers a number of different approaches
to the study of Strabo, from traditional literary and historical
perspectives to newer material and feminist readings. These diverse
themes and approaches inform each other to provide a wide-ranging
exploration of Strabo's work, making the book essential reading for
students of ancient history and ancient geography.
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