Geographers of the Ancient Greek World: Volume 2: Selected Texts in Translation

By D. Graham J. Shipley

Ancient 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009184229
• ISBN13: 9781009184229
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.1" x 10.0"