1st Edition
Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periodos, and Avienus
By Duane W. Roller
Copyright 2022
212 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This volume is a translation and commentary on the works of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the author of the Periodos Dedicated to King Nikomedes , from the last half of the second century BC; and Avienus, from the fourth century AD.
The modern translations of texts in this book represent 1,000 years of Greco-Roman geographical scholarship,... Read more
List of maps
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: Carthaginian expansion and exploration
Chapter 2: The Periplous of Hanno
Chapter 3: The Periodos Dedicated to King Nikomedes
Chapter 4: The Ora Maritima of Avienus
Epilogue
Bibliography
Passages cited
Index
Biography
Duane W. Roller is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the Ohio State University, USA, having received a Ph.D in Classical Archaeology from Harvard University, USA, and is the author of Cleopatra: A Biography, Cleopatra's Daughter and Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era, and Empire of the Black Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Mithridatic World.
