Geographers of the Ancient Greek World: Volume 2
Selected Texts in Translation

The first comprehensive collection of authoritative translations of the so-called 'minor' Greek geographers, with introductions and notes.

D. Graham J. Shipley (Author)

9781009184229, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 18 April 2024

576 pages
25.1 x 17.9 x 3.5 cm, 1.16 kg

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.

Part IV. Roman Period: 22. Juba II of Mauretania D. Graham J. Shipley
23. Isidoros of Charax Richard J. A. Talbert
24. Pseudo-Aristotle, On the Cosmos (De mundo) D. Graham J. Shipley
25. Pseudo-Arrian, Circumnavigation of the Erythraian Sea Colin E. P. Adams
26. Pseudo-Plutarch, On the Names of Rivers and Mountains and the Things in them J. Brian Campbell
27. Arrian of Nikomedeia, Circumnavigation of the Euxine Aidan Liddle
28. Dionysios Periegetes Yumna Z. N. Khan
29. Agathemeros son of Orthon D. Graham J. Shipley
30. Dionysios of Byzantion Oliver Nicholson and Thomas Russell
31. Pseudo-Hippolytos, Stadiasmos (Stade Table or Circumnavigation of the Great sea) James W. Ermatinger and Robert C. Helmer
Part V. Late Antique Period: 32. Avienus (Avienius), Ora maritima (The Sea Coast) Ralph Morley
33. Expositio totius mundi et gentium (Account of the Whole World and its Peoples) and Iunior Philosophus Richard J. A. Talbert
34. Markianos of Herakleia D. Graham J. Shipley
35. Hypotypōsis tēs geōgraphias en epitomēi (Outline of Geography in Summary) D. Graham J. Shipley
36. Pseudo-Arrian, Circumnavigation of the Euxine D. Graham J. Shipley.

Subject Areas: Ancient history: to c 500 CE [HBLA]