Strabo of Amasia : a Greek man of letters in Augustan Rome
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Strabo of Amasia : a Greek man of letters in Augustan Rome
Routledge, 2011, c2000
- : pbk
Available at 2 libraries
Note
Originally published: 2000
"First issued in paperback 2011"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-216) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
1 Strabo's background and antecedents 2 Strabo and the Greek Tradition 3 Strabo and the World of Augustan Rome 4 Geography, Politics, and Empire 5 Greek Scholars in Augustan Rome 6 The Geography - A 'Colossal Work'
by "Nielsen BookData"