Geographers of the Ancient Greek World: Selected Texts in Translation: Volume I & Volume II

Geographers of the Ancient Greek World Selected Texts in Translation Author: D. Graham J. Shipley, University of Leicester D. Graham J. Shipley, David C. Braund, Richard J. A. Talbert, Daniela Dueck, Stanley M. Burstein, Katherine J. Clarke, J. Brian Campbell, Colin E. P. Adams, Aidan Liddle, Yumna Z. N. Khan, Oliver Nicholson, Thomas Russell, James W. Ermatinger, Robert C. Helmer, Ralph MorleyAncient 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.Provides accurate, and in some cases the first, English translations of these ancient geographical works, together with authoritative introductions and notes Delivers up-to-date, authoritative assessments of the character, significance, and legacy of each text The main Introduction presents a comprehensive, accessible survey of the whole of Ancient Greek and Roman geography, and the place of geographical writing within itTable of Contents Introduction: Greek geography and geographers D. Graham J. Shipley Time-line D. Graham J. Shipley Prologue: The Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Iliad, 2. 484 760) D. Graham J. Shipley Part I. Archaic Period: 1. Aristeas of Prokonnesos David C. Braund 2. Skylax of Karyanda D. Graham J. Shipley 3. Hekataios of Miletos D. Graham J. Shipley Part II. Classical Period: 4. Hanno of Carthage Richard J. A. Talbert and D. Graham J. Shipley 5. Hippokrates of Kos (?), Airs, Waters, and Places D. Graham J. Shipley 6. Eudoxos of Knidos D. Graham J. Shipley 7. Pseudo-Skylax D. Graham J. Shipley 8. Pytheas of Massalia D. Graham J. Shipley Part III. Hellenistic Period: 9. Dikaiarchos of Messana D. Graham J. Shipley 10. Timosthenes of Rhodes D. Graham J. Shipley 11. Herakleides Kritikos D. Graham J. Shipley 12. Eratosthenes of Kyrene D. Graham J. Shipley 13. Mnaseas of Patara Daniela Dueck 14. Skymnos of Chios D. Graham J. Shipley 15. Agatharchides of Knidos, On the Erythraian Sea Stanley M. Burstein and D. Graham J. Shipley 16. Hipparchos of Nikaia D. Graham J. Shipley 17. The Nikomedean Periodos [‘Pseudo-Skymnos’] D. Graham J. Shipley 18. Artemidoros of Ephesos D. Graham J. Shipley 19. Poseidonios of Apameia Katherine J. Clarke 20. Dionysios son of Kalliphon D. Graham J. Shipley 21. Menippos of Pergamon J. Brian Campbell 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.