The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3)

The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) - Literally Translated, with Notes

In this book many city names are spelled in different ways. When the correct spelling is obvious these have been corrected for the sake of consistency. See the list of modern names at the end of volume III. LITERALLY TRANSLATED, WITH NOTES. THE FIRST SIX BOOKS BY H. C. HAMILTON, ESQ. THE REMAINDER BY W. FALCONER, M.A., LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCLVI. JOHN CHILDS AND SON, BUNGAY. The remaining parts of Macedonia are considered, and the whole of Greece; on this the author dwells some time on account of the great reputation of the country. He corrects minutely, and clears up, the confused and vague accounts respecting the cities contained therein, given by poets and historians, and especially in the Catalogue and in many other parts of the Poem. 1. After having described as much of the western parts of Europe as is comprised within the interior and exterior seas, and surveyed all the barbarous nations which it contains, as far as the Don1 and a small part of Greece, [namely, Macedonia,]2 we propose to give an account of the remainder of the Helladic geography. Homer was the first writer on the subject of geography, and was followed by many others, some of whom composed particular treatises, and entitled them Harbours, Voyages, Circuits of the Earth,3 or gave them some name of this kind, and these comprised the description of the Helladic country. Some, as Ephorus and Polybius, included in their general history a separate topography of the continents; others, as Posidonius and Hipparchus, introduced matter relating to geography in their writings on physical and mathematical subjects. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 44885
Author: Strabo
Release Date: Feb 13, 2014
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Translator: Falconer, W. (William), 1801-1885, Hamilton, Hans Claude, 1811-1895