Besides this, rivers, being a kind of physical boundaries of the size and figures of countries, are of the greatest use in every part of the present work. Chapter 1 account of india by the greek writer strabo. Books 810 hellas biraschi, anna maria 1992, second edition 2000, ed. It combines the personal observations strabo gleaned from his own. To this is attributed the flexibility of the branches of trees, from which wheels of carriages are made, and to the same cause is imputed the growth upon some trees of wool.
The parts still left of asia are those outside the taurus except cilicia and pamphylia and lycia, i mean the parts extending from india as far as the nile and lying between the taurus and the outer sea on the south. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. It would be hugely useful for a detailed commentary to be written about book ii, perhaps as an expository article in the periodical literature. At this ridge are wheels and screws, by which water is raised from the river, and one hundred and fifty prisoners are thus employed. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. His kingdom consisted of the country bounded by the halys, 27 extending to the tibareni, 28 to armenia, to the territory within the halys, extending as far as amastris, 29 and to some parts of paphlagonia. From the water wheel to turbines and hydroelectricity. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. He started writing his geography geographica about 20 bce and went on reediting it till his death. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. From this one can see how much the accounts of the other writers differ.
Grooves had been worn into some street by the wheels of carts. Offering a window into the lost world of classical rome and greece, strabos geography is a major source for the study of ancient geography. And its boundary is marked off on the west and north by the anas river, on the east by a part of carpetania and by oretania, and on the south by those of the bastetanians who occupy a. At all events, it is above the coast this side the anas that turdetania lies, and through it flows the baetis river.
After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. Books 1 and 2 are an introduction to the whole worka history of geography before strabo with long passages in defense of homers knowledge and in criticism of particular theories. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. Chapter 1 account of india by the greek writer strabo first century b. See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The twelfth book contains the remainder of pontus, viz. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 by strabo free.
Several other family members, including his paternal grandfather had served mithridates vi during the mithridatic wars. Strabo, the author of this work, was born at amasia, or amasijas, a town situated in the gorge of the mountains through which passes the river iris, now the ieschil irmak, in pontus, which he has described in the 12th book. How did strabo contribute to the study of geography. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. Read the geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 by strabo available from rakuten kobo. Walbank includes discussion 10 12 of the strabonian evidence. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number. Homer is mentioned in the geographys opening paragraph, and nearly the entire. The country next in order after the aquitanian division and narbonitis reaches as far as the whole of the rhenus, extending from the liger river and also from the rhodanus at the point where the rhodanus, after it runs down from its source, touches lugdunum. Among the interesting early accounts of india is one by the greek geographer strabo, who wrote in the first century before the christian era.
Strabo was born to an affluent family from amaseia in pontus in presentday turkey in around 64 bc. Geographica strabo strabo is mostly famous for his 17volume work geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of. We must describe these rivers in detail, with the particulars, which are useful for the purposes of geography, and which have been handed down to us by historians. His family had been involved in politics since at least the reign of mithridates v. Read the fulltext online edition of the geography of strabo vol. Rollers commentary on strabo has not yet appeared, and because the geography is so large, i do not expect much space to be spent talking about triangulation and distance calculations.
On the operations of nature, that all things converge to a point, namely, the centre of the whole, and assume a spherical shape around it. The lack of wheels in subsaharan africa, it is clear, cannot have been due simply to ignorance, since many areas of the continent had been in contact with wheelusing civilizations outside africa for several centuries before the colonial conquest at the end of the nineteenth century. An asiatic greek in the time of augustus, strabo was a keen voyager that explored the four corners of the ancient world and compiled an important geography in seventeen books on his travels. The vertical water wheel was born somewhere in the middle east during the first century bc, as suggested by the earliest textual mention by strabo of a water mill in mithridates palace in cabeira north of presentday turkey. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Strabo probably worked on his geography and now missing history concurrently, as the geography contains a considerable amount of historical data. The geography of strabo, volume 1 of 3 literally translated, with notes language. The map historian armando cortesao states that as a source it was second to none in the history of geography and cartography of this period. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. To this is attributed the flexibility of the branches of trees, from which wheels of. Seeing, imagining and representing the world denis cosgrove geography and vision is a series of personal reflections by leading cultural geographer, denis cosgrove, on the complex connections between seeing, imagining and representing the world geographically. The 12th book commences with a detailed account of anatolia, and contains the. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo.
Buy the geography of strabo by translated by duane w. Wheeled transport in precolonial west africa africa. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly. Cappadocia, gala tia, bithynia, mysia, phrygia, and m. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In 17 books, it is a vast compendium of geographical knowledge from the time of augustus and tiberius, when it was composed. He annexed to the kingdom of pontus the seacoast towards the west as far as heracleia, 30 the birthplace of heracleides the. Water wheels further developed to a large extent in the empires of rome and of china during the first to third. The geography of strabo, volume ii of 3 ebook by strabo.
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