{"product_id":"geography-volume-iii","title":"Geography, Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ecumene in prose.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrabo (ca.  64 BC to ca. AD 25), an Asiatic Greek of Amasia in Pontus, studied at  Nysa and after 44 BC at Rome. He became a keen traveler 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. He was a long time in Alexandria where he no doubt studied  mathematics, astronomy, and history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Strabo’s historical work is lost, but his most important \u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e  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  Assyria, Babylonia, Syria, and Arabia, 17 with Egypt and Africa. In  outline he follows the great mathematical geographer Eratosthenes, but  adds general descriptions of separate countries including physical,  political, and historical details. A sequel to his historical memoirs, \u003ci\u003eGeography\u003c\/i\u003e  is planned apparently for public servants rather than students—hence  the accounts of physical features and of natural products. On the  mathematical side it is an invaluable source of information about  Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, and Posidonius.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Loeb Classical Library edition of Strabo is in eight volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54254433567064,"sku":"9780674992016","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674992016.jpg?v=1780393525","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/geography-volume-iii","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}