The Routledge Companion to Strabo by Dueck, Daniela -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page The Routledge Companion to Strabo Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Introduction

Strabo – Who? Strabo – His Works Reading Strabo A Brief History of Strabonian Studies Aim and Structure of the Companion The Future of Strabonian Studies Notes

Part I Strabo’s Point of View

1 Strabo’s Philosophy and Stoicism

Geography as a Philosophical Discipline Strabo and Stoicism Strabo and the Peripatos Conclusion Notes Works Cited

2 “such is Rome . . .”: Strabo on the “Imperial Metropolis”

1 A City in Several Contexts 2 An Unconventional Ecphrasis 3 Urban Worlds – Whose View? Notes Works Cited

3 Looking in From the Outside: Strabo’s Attitude Towards the Roman People

A Provincial Roman Admiring Augustus Conclusion: Outsider Looking In Notes Works Cited

Part II the Geography the Inhabited World and Its Parts

4 Strabo’s Mediterranean

The Power of the Periplus: Sea as the Definer of the Land Bridging the Inner and Outer Seas: The Influence of Posidonius Asserting the Unity of the Seas Strabo’s Mediterranean: The Perfect Enterprise Zone The Coherent Mediterranean: A Unique Environment? The Corrupt(Ed) Sea: Immorality and Effluence Notes Works Cited

5 Strabo’s Description of the North and Roman Geo-Political Ideas

Introduction The Background Metus Septentrionalis Contexts Strabo’s Description of the North Preliminary Findings Notes Works Cited

6 Strabo and Iberia

Notes Works Cited

7 Strabo, Italy and the Italian Peoples

Strabo’s Italy: A Varied Geography and a Complex History Cisalpine: A Part of Italy on Its Own Regions and Peoples of Central and Southern Italy The Historical Geography of Central and Southern Italy Notes Works Cited

8 Strabo and the History of Armenia

The Historical Setting Armenia’s Place in the Oikoumenē Armenia’s Ethnē and Languages Types of Human Communities Notes Works Cited

9 Strabo’s Libya

Notes Works Cited

Human Geography

10 Ethnography and Identity in Strabo’s Geography

Strabo and Homeric Ethnography The Civilized and Uncivilized Greeks and Barbarians Preserving the Past in the Present: Ethno-Cultural Change and Ethnographic Purpose Conclusion Notes Works Cited

11 Strabo’s Roads

Knowing One’s Way Roads and Road-Books Roads and the Description of Space The Western Provinces Italy Rome and Latium Greece and Asia Minor Road Technology and Terminology Mythology and Cult Concluding Remarks Notes Works Cited

12 Patterns of Trade and Economy in Strabo’s Geography

Preface: The Benefits of Trade The Construction of Economic Prosperity: The Case of Italy More Than Just Harbours: The Complex Economy of Emporia Bad Businesses: The Risks and Challenges of Economic Complexity Conclusions Notes Works Cited

13 Strabo’s Cis-Tauran Asia: A Humanistic Geography

Introduction History Explains the Present State of Geography Geographical Features Explain History History and Myth Explain Place Names and Customs Didactic Use of History and Myth History Conditions Knowledge of Geography Conclusion Notes Works Cited

Mathematical Geography

14 Measurement Data in Strabo’s Geography

Introduction What Are Measurement Data Good For? Some Answers Strabo’s Measurement Data I: Setting the Stage Strabo’s Measurement Data Ii: The Accuracy of Distances Strabo´s Measurement Data Iii: The Regional Distribution of Distances Conclusion and Summary Notes Works Cited

15 Strabo: From Maps to Words

Strabo and Alexandrian Cartography A Virtual Cartographic Programme Two Case Studies: Strabo’S Iberia and Gaul The Sources of Strabo’s “Map” Notes Works Cited

The Art of Writing Geography

16 Signposts and Sub-Divisions: Hidden Pointers in Strabo’s Narrative

Assyria: Finding Your Way Around Assyria: Delving More Deeply Assyria’s Place in the World Final Reflections Further Reading Notes Works Cited

17 A River Runs Through It: Waterways and Narrative in Strabo

The Constant Lure The Inhabited Earth is Washed on All Sides By Oceanos (1.1.3) The Charm of the Scenery (3.2.3) – Baetis Difficult of Entrance (4.1.8) – Rhone As Slaves Must Needs Accommodate Themselves (5.3.8) – Tiber Even the Greatest Difficulties Are Overcome By Experience (5.1.5) – Po It is the Part of Good Rulers to Afford All Possible Aid (16.1.10) – Euphrates To Conquer Nature With Diligence (17.1.3) – Nile Providence Has Made Numerous Elevations and Hollows on the Earth (17.3.36) Notes Works Cited

18 Spicing Up Geography: Strabo’s Use of Tales and Anecdotes

The Literary Challenge in Writing a Geography The Judging Crows The Filial Devotion of Amphinomus and Anapias Suing a River The Stupid Cymaeans The Deaf Fisherman The Wise Arabian Princess “Cinderella” The Value of Anecdotes Notes Works Cited

19 Strabo’s Expendables: The Function and Aesthetics of Minor Authority

Counting Expendables The Function of Expendables The Functional Ambiguity of Expendable Authority The Aesthetics of Expendables Notes Works Cited

Traditions and Sources

20 Man of Many Voices and of Much Knowledge; Or, in Search of Strabo’s Homer

Notes Works Cited

21 Strabo and the Homeric Commentators

Introduction Frequency of References to Homer’s Commentators in the Geography Topics for Which Strabo Adduces the Homeric Commentators 1 Homer’s Geographical Knowledge 2 Controversies Over the Homeric Text 3 Localisation and Description of Homeric Place Names 4 Non-Homeric Themes Strabo’s Attitude Toward the Quoted Authors 1 Contexts With One Homeric Commentator 2 Contexts With Two Homeric Commentators 3 Contexts With One Homeric Commentator and Another Author 4 Contexts With More Than Two Authors Conclusion Notes Works Cited

22 Myth as Evidence in Strabo

Strabo’s Use of Myth as Evidence Identity and Origins Local Phenomena as Evidence Myth as Evidence of “Civilization” Conclusion: Strabo’s Credulity Catalogue of Myths Notes Works Cited

23 Under the Shadow of Eratosthenes: Strabo and the Alexander Historians

Introduction Eratosthenes, Strabo and Alexander the Great Strabo and Alexander Historians Conclusion Notes Works Cited

The Text

24 Textual Tradition and Textual Problems

Manuscript Tradition and Modern Editions Types of Textual Problems in Strabo Historical and Geographical Problems Final Considerations Notes Works Cited

25 On Translating Strabo Into English

Introduction The Chronological Fluidity of the Geography Strabo and His Sources The State of the Text The Vocabulary of Strabo Strabo and Latin Untranslatable Words Translating Idioms The Frustrations of Toponyms Ancient Names and the English Language Conclusion Notes Works Cited

Part III the Historiographic Work(S)

26 Strabo the Historian

Strabo – a Historian? Strabo’s Lost Historiographic Work Strabo as a Historian Conclusion Notes Works Cited

Part IV Reception

27 “so Says Strabo”: The Reception of Strabo’s Work in Antiquity

The Reception of Strabo’s Historical Commentaries The Reception of Strabo’s Geography Conclusion Appendix: Ancient Citations of Strabo’s Historical Commentaries and Geography Notes Works Cited

28 Strabo’s Reception in the West (Fifteenth–sixteenth Centuries)

The Appearance of the Geography in Italy The Renewal of Descriptive Geography: The Strabonian Moment Biondo Flavio, Aenea Silvio Piccolomini, Francesco Berlinghieri A Strabonian Century Strabo in an Expanding World Works Cited

Index of References to Strabo’s Geography Index of Ancient Sources Index of Ancient Place Names and Nations Index of Ancient Personal Names

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