1st Edition
Through the Pillars of Herakles Greco-Roman Exploration of the Atlantic
Introduction 1. Greek Exploration before 500 BC 2. The Carthaginians North and South of the Pillars 3. The Atlantic Islands and Beyond 4. Pytheas of Massalia 5. Hellenistic Exploration on the Coasts of Africa 6. Late Hellenistic Exploration 7. Roman Exploration Epilogue Appendix
Biography
Duane W. Roller is Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University. His previous publications include The Building Program of Herod the Great (University of California Press, 1998) and The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene (Routledge, 2003)
'Roller has performed a useful service in bringing together material that is scattered about in various chapters in the general histories of ancient geography and exploration and in updating it with the results of recent studies.' – International Journal of Nautical Archaeology
'... a succinct account of these early explorers, their discoveries, how they interpreted them, shaping and shaped by contemporary conceptions of the world.' Ancient West and East
