Geographers of the Ancient Greek World: Volume 1 : Selected Texts in Translation Hardback
by D. Graham J. (University of Leicester) Shipley
Hardback
Description
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.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:664 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/04/2024
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- ISBN:9781009194204
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:664 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/04/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009194204
