Strabo's Cultural Geography (eBook, PDF)

The Making of a Kolossourgia
Redaktion: Dueck, Daniela

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Strabo of Amasia, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian period, observed the Roman world of his time. He collected his observations in his magnum opus, the Geography, which he described as a 'Kolossourgia', a colossal statue of a work. This term reflects not only the work's size in seventeen books, but also its multi-faceted nature, composed of many different elements like the detailing on a statue. In this 2005 volume an international team of Strabo scholars explores those details, discussing the cultural, political, historical and geographical questions addressed in the Geography. The collection offers a number of different approaches to the study of Strabo, from traditional literary and historical perspectives to newer material and feminist readings. These diverse themes and approaches inform each other to provide a wide-ranging exploration of Strabo's work, making the book essential reading for students of ancient history and ancient geography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511145018
• Artikelnr.: 38216829

Autorenporträt

Daniela Dueck is Lecturer in Classics and History at Bar Ilan University. She is the author of Strabo of Amasia: A Greek Man of Letters in Augustan Rome (2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Kolossourgia. 'A colossal statue of a work' Sarah
Pothecary; 2. Reflections of philosophy: Strabo and geographical sources
Christina Horst Roseman; 3. Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the
ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo Eran Almagor; 4. Gender at
the crossroads of empire: locating women in Strabo's Geography Denise
Eileen McCoskey; 5. Strabo and Homer: a chapter in cultural history Anna
Maria Biraschi; 6. Strabo's use of poetry Daniela Dueck; 7. Strabo's
sources in the light of a tale Nikos Litinas; 8. The foundation of Greek
colonies and their main features in Strabo: a portrayal lacking
homogeneity? Francesco Trotta; 9. 'Men of high reputation' in Strabo's
Geography Johannes Engels; 10. Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in
context vs. Greece in depth Maria Pretzler; 11. The European provinces:
Strabo as evidence Sarah Pothecary; 12. Amasya and Strabo's patria in
Pontus Hugh Lindsay; 13. Cappadocia through Strabo's eyes Silvia Panichi;
14. Greek geography and Roman empire: the transformation of tradition in
Strabo's Euxine David Braund; 15. Josephus' hidden dialogue with Strabo
Yuval Shahar; 16. Temporal layers within Strabo's description of Coele
Syria, Phoenicia and Judaea Ze'ev Safrai.