04329nam 2200697Ia 450 991045724840332120200520144314.01-282-45877-997866124587741-4008-3221-710.1515/9781400832217(CKB)2550000000007087(EBL)483518(OCoLC)609855955(SSID)ssj0000359508(PQKBManifestationID)11272739(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359508(PQKBWorkID)10317772(PQKB)10369469(MiAaPQ)EBC483518(OCoLC)647874780(MdBmJHUP)muse36770(DE-B1597)446570(OCoLC)979910800(DE-B1597)9781400832217(PPN)187266409(Au-PeEL)EBL483518(CaPaEBR)ebr10364767(CaONFJC)MIL245877(EXLCZ)99255000000000708720090602d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEratosthenes' Geography[electronic resource] /fragments collected and translated, with commentary and additional material, by Duane W. RollerCore TextbookPrinceton Princeton University Pressc20101 online resource (320 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-14267-X Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Eratosthenes and the History of Geography -- Eratosthenes Geographika -- Book 1 -- Book 2 -- Book 3 -- Summaries and Commentaries -- Commentary to Book 1 -- Commentary to Book 2 -- Commentary to Book 3 -- Gazetteer -- Maps -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. On the Measurement of the Earth -- Appendix 2. Testimonia for the Life of Eratosthenes -- Appendix 3. Lengths of Measurement -- Bibliography -- Index of Passages Cited -- General IndexThis is the first modern edition and first English translation of one of the earliest and most important works in the history of geography, the third-century Geographika of Eratosthenes. In this work, which for the first time described the geography of the entire inhabited world as it was then known, Eratosthenes of Kyrene (ca. 285-205 BC) invented the discipline of geography as we understand it. A polymath who served as librarian at Alexandria and tutor to the future King Ptolemy IV, Eratosthenes created the terminology of geography, probably including the word geographia itself. Building on his previous work, in which he determined the size and shape of the earth, Eratosthenes in the Geographika created a grid of parallels and meridians that linked together every place in the world: for the first time one could figure out the relationship and distance between remote localities, such as northwest Africa and the Caspian Sea. The Geographika also identified some four hundred places, more than ever before, from Thoule (probably Iceland) to Taprobane (Sri Lanka), and from well down the coast of Africa to Central Asia. This is the first collation of the more than 150 fragments of the Geographika in more than a century. Each fragment is accompanied by an English translation, a summary, and commentary. Duane W. Roller provides a rich background, including a history of the text and its reception, a biography of Eratosthenes, and a comprehensive account of ancient Greek geographical thought and of Eratosthenes' pioneering contribution to it. This edition also includes maps that show all of the known places named in the Geographika, appendixes, a bibliography, and indexes.Geography, AncientEarly works to 1800Physical geographyEarly works to 1800Electronic books.Geography, AncientPhysical geography913Eratosthenes206820Roller Duane W3788Strabo169725MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457248403321Eratosthenes' Geography2464206UNINA