Strabo of Amasia : a Greek man of letters in Augustan Rome / / Daniela Dueck

• Autore: Dueck Daniela <1965->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routlege, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Disciplina: 937/.07/092; B
• Soggetto topico: Geographers - Italy - Rome; Geography, Ancient
• Soggetto geografico: Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-216) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Strabo's background and antecedents; Strabo and the Greek tradition; Strabo and the world of Augustan Rome; Geography, politics and empire; Greek scholars in Augustan Rome; The Geography; a 'colossal work'; Notes; Bibliography; Index of geographical names; Index of personal names
• Sommario/riassunto: Strabo of Amasia offers an intellectual biography of Strabo, a Greek man of letters, set against the political and cultural background of Augustan Rome. It offers the first full-scale interpretation of the man and his life in English. It emphasises the place and importance of Strabo's Geography and of geography itself within these intellectual circles. It argues for a deeper understanding of the fusion of Greek and Roman elements in the culture of the Roman Empire. Though he wrote in Greek, Strabo must be regarded as an 'Augustan' writer like Virgil or Livy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strabo of Amasia
• ISBN: 1-134-60560-9; 1-134-60561-7; 1-280-06955-4; 0-585-44927-9; 0-203-46218-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818564703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II