LEADER 04329nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910457248403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45877-9 010 $a9786612458774 010 $a1-4008-3221-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400832217 035 $a(CKB)2550000000007087 035 $a(EBL)483518 035 $a(OCoLC)609855955 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11272739 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317772 035 $a(PQKB)10369469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC483518 035 $a(OCoLC)647874780 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36770 035 $a(DE-B1597)446570 035 $a(OCoLC)979910800 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400832217 035 $a(PPN)187266409 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL483518 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10364767 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL245877 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000007087 100 $a20090602d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEratosthenes' Geography$b[electronic resource] /$ffragments collected and translated, with commentary and additional material, by Duane W. Roller 205 $aCore Textbook 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (320 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14267-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tAbbreviations -- $tEratosthenes and the History of Geography -- $tEratosthenes Geographika -- $tBook 1 -- $tBook 2 -- $tBook 3 -- $tSummaries and Commentaries -- $tCommentary to Book 1 -- $tCommentary to Book 2 -- $tCommentary to Book 3 -- $tGazetteer -- $tMaps -- $tAppendices -- $tAppendix 1. On the Measurement of the Earth -- $tAppendix 2. Testimonia for the Life of Eratosthenes -- $tAppendix 3. Lengths of Measurement -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex of Passages Cited -- $tGeneral Index 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aGeography, Ancient$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aPhysical geography$vEarly works to 1800 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeography, Ancient 615 0$aPhysical geography 676 $a913 700 $aEratosthenes$0206820 701 $aRoller$b Duane W$03788 701 $aStrabo$0169725 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910457248403321 996 $aEratosthenes' Geography$92464206 997 $aUNINA