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It is a commonplace for scholars of encyclopaedic works to bemoan that such texts are often lightly and sporadically mined for nuggets of information to give context to some other body of textual or material evidence. This is certainly the case with Strabo’s Geography, a complex text that is deeply embedded in its historical, geographical and intellectual context. It is this context that Roller aims to illuminate with his much awaited commentary volume, A Historical and Topographical Guide to the Geography of Strabo. The Guide serves as a companion volume to Roller’s own recent translation of Strabo, which itself relies on Stephan Radt’s recent text and philological commentary (2002-2011). Together, the three offer a powerful new base for future scholars of Strabo’s work and of ancient geography in general.
Strabo's Geography, completed in the early first century AD, is the primary source for the history of Greek geography. This Guide provides the first English analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the author's The Geography of Strabo, the first English translation of the work in many years. It thoroughly analyzes each of the seventeen books and provides perhaps the most thorough bibliography as yet created for Strabo's work. Careful attention is paid to the historical and cultural data, the thousands of toponyms, and the many lost historical sources that are preserved only in the Geography. This volume guides readers through the challenges and complexities of the text, allowing an enhanced understanding of the numerous topics that Strabo covers, from the travels of Alexander and the history of the Mediterranean to science, religion, and cult. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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