LEADER 03736nam 2200697 a 450 001 996248337003316 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-49426-3 010 $a9786613589491 010 $a1-4008-4320-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400843206 035 $a(CKB)2670000000175480 035 $a(EBL)3030306 035 $a(OCoLC)817078212 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000647134 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383136 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647134 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10592534 035 $a(PQKB)11480108 035 $a(OCoLC)792739739 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse37141 035 $a(DE-B1597)447849 035 $a(OCoLC)1054881101 035 $a(OCoLC)979755321 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400843206 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3030306 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555046 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL358949 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3030306 035 $a(dli)HEB30983 035 $a(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000536 035 $a(PPN)256882533 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000175480 100 $a19880502d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Periplus Maris Erythraei $etext with introduction, translation, and commentary /$fby Lionel Casson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1989 215 $a1 online resource (339 p.) 300 $aGreek text, parallel English translation; introd. and commentary in English. 311 $a0-691-04060-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tLIST OF MAPS -- $tPREFACE -- $tABBREVIATIONS -- $tNOTES TO THE READER -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $tI. TEXT AND AUTHOR -- $tII. TRADE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN -- $tIII. POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY -- $tTEXT AND TRANSLATION -- $tGENERAL COMMENTARY -- $tCOMMENTARY B (TEXTUAL, LEXICOGRAPHICAL, GRAMMATICAL) -- $tAPPENDIX 1. HARBORS AND PORTS -- $tAPPENDIX 2. DISTANCES -- $tAPPENDIX 3. THE VOYAGES TO AFRICA, ARABIA, AND INDIA -- $tAPPENDIX 4. THE TERMS FOR CLOTH AND CLOTHING -- $tAPPENDIX 5. INDIA'S WEST COAST, FROM BOMBAY TO CAPE COMORIN -- $tINDEX -- $tINDEX OF CITATIONS 330 $aThe Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context. 606 $aCommerce$xHistory$yTo 500 607 $aRome$xCommerce$xHistory 615 0$aCommerce$xHistory 676 $a382/.0937 700 $aCasson$b Lionel, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0156183 701 $aCasson$b Lionel$f1914-2009.$0156183 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996248337003316 996 $aPeriplus maris Erythraei$9868229 997 $aUNISA