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Strabo: Geography, Books 15-16 (Loeb Classical Library No. 241) (Volume VII) Hardcover – January 1, 1930

by Strabo (Author), Horace Leonard Jones (Translator)
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The ecumene in prose.

Strabo (ca. 64 BC to ca. AD 25), an Asiatic Greek of Amasia in Pontus, studied at Nysa and after 44 BC at Rome. He became a keen traveler who saw a large part of Italy, various near eastern regions including the Black Sea, various parts of Asia Minor, Egypt as far as Ethiopia, and parts of Greece. He was a long time in Alexandria where he no doubt studied mathematics, astronomy, and history.

Strabo’s historical work is lost, but his most important Geography in seventeen books has survived. 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 Assyria, Babylonia, Syria, and Arabia, 17 with Egypt and Africa. In outline he follows the great mathematical geographer Eratosthenes, but adds general descriptions of separate countries including physical, political, and historical details. A sequel to his historical memoirs, Geography is planned apparently for public servants rather than students―hence the accounts of physical features and of natural products. On the mathematical side it is an invaluable source of information about Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, and Posidonius.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Strabo is in eight volumes.

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    January 1, 1930
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    4.25 x 0.75 x 6.37 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0674992660
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0674992665
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Horace Leonard Jones (1879–1954) was Professor of Greek at Cornell University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvard University Press; Vol. 7, Books 15-16 edition (January 1, 1930)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674992660
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674992665
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.25 x 0.75 x 6.37 inches
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Monica Romana
5.0 out of 5 stars Review for Strabo's Geography, books 15-16
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2007
This is a very good source of information about History although it is Geography. Strabo provides us with location of people and rivers, mountains. This helps clarify what the Historians were saying, which sometimes was not true. Strabo was pretty accurate. Loeb collection is so cute, so handy with the Greek (or Latin Text) on your left and the English translation on the right, that it makes it a pleasure to read the text. The comments given by the translators are helpful most of the time. Yet they can be extremely annoying when they criticize too much the author they translate. If the author is so "reckless" or so brief, or biased, then why did they spend so much time translating this author? Sometimes it seems they feel superior, forgetting they have the advantage of reading other authors to compare with, of archeaeology, and technology the author did not have. Sometimes, I feel like giving a good thrashing to the translator and his pompous comments.
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Knife G
3.0 out of 5 stars good info, lacking illustrations
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this will sound childish, but i expected pictures. or at least artist renditions of the text. living in this part of the world is fascinating; history goes back very far. the book is descriptive and very educating. as mentioned in the other review, a good source of information on the area. the inclusion of maps may have added a better grasp of the text. and allowed one a better opportunity to follow in the footsteps of the ancient.
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