edited by Daniela Dueck, Hugh Lindsay and Sarah Pothecary.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2005.
1 online resource (xvi, 286 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-275) and indexes.
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Maps; Illustrations; Tables; Figures; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Kolossourgia. 'A colossal statue of a work'; CHAPTER 2 Reflections of philosophy: Strabo and geographical sources; CHAPTER 3 Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo; CHAPTER 4 Gender at the crossroads of empire: locating women in Strabo's Geography; CHAPTER 5 Strabo and Homer: a chapter in cultural history; CHAPTER 6 Strabo's use of poetry.
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Strabo of Amasia's Geography observes the world of the Augustan period. This volume explores a wide range of questions addressed in the Geography and offers different approaches for their study. Written by an international team of scholars, it is essential reading for students of ancient history and ancient geography.