Ulysses, ulixes, is a legendary greek king of ithaca and the hero of homers epic poem the odyssey. In order to examine strabos attitude in book, it is first necessary to establish the importance of the discussions of heroic wanderings in the geography more broadly. At any rate, aristotle bequeathed his own library to theophrastus, to whom he also left his school. In book x of the odyssey, the companions of odysseus in their 12 ships land at the citadel of lamus, laestrogonian telepylus. Strabos seeming obsession with homeric geography, particularly in book one of. In the odyssey, after odysseus sails from ogygia, his raft is wrecked by. Its unclear whether lamus is an ancestral king or the name of the place, but the laestrygonians laestrygones live there.
The god rhadamanthus, son of zeus and europa, is described as blond in the odyssey, and strabo calls him the blond rhadamanthus in his geographica book iii, 11. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. It emphasises the place and importance of strabos geography and of geography itself within these intellectual circles. There is also an extraordinary fissure in the mountain, through which. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. The first two books deal with the principals of geography.
Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive. The journey of telemachus to pylos and sparta no longer raises geographical problems. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic. Geography of the odyssey project gutenberg selfpublishing. Plato, politicus 262d the geography of strabo, the most comprehensive ethnographic work to survive from classical antiquity, is one of the main sources for a study of the ancient attitude. Another part, called the telemachy, focuses on odysseus son, telemachus, who left home in search of his longlost father. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca. Under the name of medians strabo comprehends the various nations who inhabited the mountainous country between parthia and armenia. The travels of odysseus form just one part of the odyssey. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. By the time homers audience encounters odyssey 23, odysseus has revealed his identity to his son.
The famed geographer and astronomer claudius ptolemy included longitude and latitude for some of the places in the odyssey in his own geographia, an atlas, gazetteer, and treatise on cartography he wrote around 150. Ogygia is an island mentioned in homers odyssey, book v, as the home of the nymph calypso, the daughter of the titan atlas. Book 1 book 2 book 3 book 4 book 5 book 6 book 7 book 8 book 9 book 10 book 11 book 12 book book 14 book 15 book 16 book 17 book 18 book 19 book 20 book 21 book 22 book 23 book 24 themes all themes fate, the gods, and free will piety, customs, and justice cunning, disguise, and selfrestraint memory and grief glory and honor. Geography, book, chapter 1 continuation horace leonard jones translation demetrius thinks that scepsis was also the royal residence of aeneias, since it lies midway between the territory subject to aeneias and lyrnessus, to which latter he fled, according to homers statement, when he was being pursued by achilles.
The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. In the latter sense, this section of the epic is very much a comingofage story. It argues for a deeper understanding of the fusion of greek and roman elements in the culture of the roman empire. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3.
A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The location of nestors pylos was disputed in antiquity. The odyssey is fundamental to the modern western canon. Relatively little is given of odysseus background other than that according to pseudoapollodorus, his paternal grandfather or stepgrandfather is arcesius, son of cephalus and grandson of aeolus, while his maternal grandfather is the thief autolycus, son of hermes and chione. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with assyria, babylonia, syria, and arabia, 17 with egypt and africa. The reasons for strabos attitude towards this potential homeric emendation are complex and touch upon his relationship to homeric poetry and scholarship more widely. Oct, 2009 in book x of the odyssey, the companions of odysseus in their 12 ships land at the citadel of lamus, laestrogonian telepylus. Thus did he speak and they all held their peace throughout thecovered cloister enthralled by the charm of his story till presentlyalcinous began to. And so, too, the utility of geography and its utility is manifold, not only as regards the activities of statesmen and commanders but also as regards knowledge both of the heavens and of things on land and sea, animals, plants, fruits, and everything else to be seen in various regions the utility of geography, i say, presupposes in the. He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of italy, various near eastern regions including the black sea, various parts of asia minor, egypt as far as ethiopia, and parts of greece.
Strabo, geography, book 7, chapter 7 tufts university. Geography, volume viii, book 17 and general index loeb classical library no. For an overview of all advanced features, see the instructions page. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number. Strabo on iberia geography s book iii strabos geography. Though he wrote in greek, strabo must be regarded as an augustan writer like virgil or livy. If an arrow is let down into the pit from above, the resistance of the water is so great that it is scarcely immersed. What is the importance of odysseuss bed in homers odyssey. Scholars believe the odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century bc, somewhere in ionia, the greek coastal region of anatolia. At all events, it is above the coast this side the anas that turdetania lies, and through it flows the baetis river. The fifth book contains a description of italy from the roots of the alps to the strait of sicily, the gulf of taranto, and the region about posidonium. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library see other formats.
I began my description by going over all the western parts of europe comprised between the inner and the outer sea. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with assyria, babylonia, syria, and arabia, 17 with egypt and africa. Dionysus is called by hesiod goldenhaired theogony 947. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. Strabo, geography, book 10, chapter 4 perseus digital library. Going strong for almost 3,000 years, few works in world literature, and even fewer in the western tradition, have made such a remarkable impact as the odyssey. In homers odyssey, calypso detained odysseus on ogygia for seven years and kept him from returning to. An english translation, with introduction and notes. In homers odyssey, calypso detained odysseus on ogygia for seven years and kept him from returning to his home of ithaca, wanting to marry him. In order to examine strabos attitude in book, it is first necessary to.
The roman writer strabo wrote what is often considered as the first attempt to synthesise a universal geography. Ancient origins articles related to strabo in the sections of history, archaeology, human origins, unexplained, artifacts, ancient places and myths and legends. Although it pursues its course with great depth and breadth, it undergoes an extraordinary contraction of its size by the time it has reached the taurus. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and the major source for the history of greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the paliki peninsula on cephalonia with homeric ithaca. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the roman empire of greek descent. Although it pursues its course with great depth and breadth, it undergoes an extraordinary contraction of its size by the time it. The rest of the 15 books are a heavily romancentric description of the known world. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book xiii chapter 1 beginning. An english translation, with introduction and notes roller, duane w.
From the ancient times, some scholars having examined the work and the geography of homer have suggested that scheria was located in the atlantic ocean. Approximately eight centuries after homer, the geographer strabo criticized polybius on the geography of the odyssey. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. The th, 14th, 12th books the order in which they stand from the medici ms. Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. Scan an isbn with your phone use the amazon app to scan isbns and compare prices. Now that i have given the first general outline of geography, it is proper for me to discuss next the several parts of the inhabited world. The nostos addresses odysseus adventures once he returns to ithaca. Dec 14, 2019 ogygia is an island mentioned in homers odyssey, book v, as the home of the nymph calypso, the daughter of the titan atlas. Chapter 1 account of india by the greek writer strabo. Dates of accession of material added since july 1998 can be seen in the new additions page the date of inception was 9221997.
Pdf is asteris from homers odyssey really an island. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of alexander the great, cultic history, the history of the eastern. The first four books of the odyssey are known to scholars as the telemacheia. Hence, odysseus was the greatgrandson of the olympian god hermes. He began geography in 3025 bc and probably revised it in his old age around 1518 ad. Links to files at other site are indicated by at some indication of t.
Such is a general description of the whole of present italy. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. Links to files at other site are indicated by at some indication of the site name or location. Roller published his translation, the geography of strabo, in 2014. In this massive new volume, he provides a detailed exegesis of strabos text. In order to examine strabo s attitude in book , it is first necessary to establish the importance of the discussions of heroic wanderings in the geography more broadly. This phrase is not found in the eiad or odyssey, but once.
In his 7 bc geographia, strabo took his cues from polybius, agreeing that the odyssey was not a myth and that homer clearly left clues placing the odyssey s setting near sicily. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. Odysseus is continually spoken of as the sacker of cities and as the. Geography of the odyssey wikimili, the free encyclopedia. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. He tried to fleece me of all the booty i had won at troy, my reward for the longdrawn. The reasons for strabo s attitude towards this potential homeric emendation are complex and touch upon his relationship to homeric poetry and scholarship more widely. It is curious that a classic of so much renown and intrinsic value should have remained a comparatively sealed book to.
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