Ancient origins articles related to strabo in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Approximately eight centuries after homer, the geographer strabo criticized polybius on the geography of the odyssey. The odyssey is fundamental to the modern western canon. Localization of the odysseys underworld openedition journals. Purchase a copy of this text not necessarily the same edition from. 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, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. 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, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. 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. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb. Geography of the odyssey project gutenberg selfpublishing. Now that i have given the first general outline of geography, it is proper for me to discuss next the several parts of the inhabited world. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books.
As with most ancient authors, not that much is known of strabo, and the loeb editions introductory material, by the translator horace leonard jones, is about as good as one can get. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and the major source for the history of greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes. Geography in perspective going strong for almost 3,000 years, few works in world literature, and even fewer in the western tradition, have made such a remarkable impact as the odyssey. Featured audio all audio latest this just in grateful dead netlabels old time radio 78 rpms and cylinder recordings. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age around 1518 ad. Strabo proposed that scheria and ogygia were located in the middle of the atlantic ocean. For an overview of all advanced features, see the instructions page. Strabo on iberia geography s book iii strabos geography. He became a keen traveller 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. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. A 15thcentury manuscript of the odyssey, book i, written by the scribe john rhosos for the tornabuoni family, florence, italy british museum greek text of the odyssey s opening passage the odyssey.
The rest of the 15 books are a heavily romancentric description of the known world. Homer is the father of all geographers, and odyssey geography herself, as good questions about a fine story told by a traveller, about climates, people, landscapes, and certainly not about cartesian coordinates of the greenwich meridian. This guide provides the first english analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the authors the geography of strabo, the first english translation of the work in many years. Strabos geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. The location of nestors pylos was disputed in antiquity. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the paliki peninsula on cephalonia with homeric ithaca. Dec 24, 2018 it was in this old smyrna that the famous greek poet homer, author of the epics the iliad and the odyssey, was probably born around 850 bc, and a shrine to homer stood in the roman period herodotus, histories. The routledge companion to strabo daniela dueck download. Locating the odysseys underworld would seem to be a ridiculous endeavor. In homers odyssey, calypso detained odysseus on ogygia for seven years and kept him from returning to his home of ithaca. It has been thought that from these people the russians derived their name.
The odyssey is one of two major ancient greek epic poems attributed to homer. Book viii indica at this siteadded 10 11 2000 pliny. The greeks who caused bactria to revolt grew so powerful on account of the fertility of the country that they became masters, not only of ariana. It is curious that a classic of so much renown and intrinsic value should have remained a comparatively sealed book to this country for so many centuries. It is also a separate regional unit of the ionian islands region. At all events, it is above the coast this side the anas that turdetania lies, and through it flows the baetis river. Strabo contrasts his own readings with other ancient. Spartan women at this siteadded 10 11 2000 letter of pabi, prince of lachish, to akhnaton, king of kemet i. As we pass from europe to asia in our geography, the northern division is the first of the two divisions to which we come. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca. Approximately seven centuries after homer, the alexandrian geographer strabo criticized polybius on the geography of the odyssey. Odysseus is continually spoken of as the sacker of cities and as the. Not very far from castalo is also the mountain in which the baetis is said to rise. Cambridge core classical studies general strabos cultural geography edited by daniela dueck.
However, the reader of this book should not be so simpleminded or indifferent as. The roman writer strabo wrote what is often considered as the first attempt to synthesise a universal geography. Events in the main sequence of the odyssey take place in the peloponnese and in what are. The journey of telemachus to pylos and sparta no longer raises geographical problems. At another instance he polybius suppresses statements. West in the mythical geography of archaic greek epic, tapha 4 2004, p. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. We learn that poseidon, god of the sea, holds a grudge though we dont know exactly why against odysseus and is making the guys voyage home a pretty difficult one. Cambridge core classical studies general strabos cultural geography edited by.
Scholars believe the odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century bc, somewhere in ionia, the greek. The final section of the odyssey is called the nostos homecoming in greek. Asia is adjacent to europe, bordering thereon along the tanais river. Eratosthenes who raised geography to the rank of a science. I refer not just to geographers like eratosthenes and strabo4. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. The travels of odysseus form just one part of the odyssey. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of alexander the great, cultic history, the history of the eastern. Book i athena inspires the prince sing to me of the man, muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of troy. Geography of the odyssey wikimili, the free encyclopedia.
The first two books deal with the principals of geography. Strabo s geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. Indeed, those intent on following in the wake of odysseus, no matter how enthusiastic, often steer clear of the underworld. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. The annenberg cpbproject provided support for entering this text. After odysseus had gone out of oceanus, he came into oceanus. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this.
Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. The bibliographies included on this website will be of particular help to those doing research for a paper or for fun. The odyssey is vague about how odysseus reaches the underworld. Throughout the site we have used the common abbreviations for both authors and titles, so please refer to the table of abbreviations below.
It was in this old smyrna that the famous greek poet homer, author of the epics the iliad and the odyssey, was probably born around 850 bc, and a shrine to homer stood in the roman period herodotus, histories. The poet invokes the muse to help him tell the story of odysseus. Dec 14, 2019 the book, translated into several languages, submits a revolutionary idea about the geographical setting of the iliad and odyssey. While his earlier historiographical composition is almost entirely lost, his major opus of the geography includes an encyclopaedic look at the entire world known. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library see other formats. The companion, in twentyeight chapters written by an international group of scholars, examines several aspects of strabos personality, the political and scholarly environment in which he was active, his choices as an author, and his ideas of history and geography. Another part, called the telemachy, focuses on odysseus son, telemachus, who left home in search of his longlost father. For the habitable earth is bounded to the west by two continents, namely, the extremities of europe and libya,10 which are inhabited respectively by the iberians and the maurusians.
He gave it a latitude of 36,700 stadia, equivalent to 52 25. It lies off the northeast coast of kefalonia and to the west and within sight of continental greece. Its numerous quotations from technical literature, moreover, provide a remarkable account of the state of greek geographical. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. The 11th book commences with the description of the countries separated from.
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