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This article is about the Greek geographer. For other people called "Strabo", see Strabo (disambiguation).
image:Strabo.jpg geographer Strabo in a 16th century engraving.
StraboStrabo ("squinty") was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "
Pompeius Strabo." A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called "Strabo." (Greek language: Στράβων; 63 BC/64 BC – ca. AD 24) was a Ancient Greeks history, geography and
philosophy. He is mostly famous for his 17-volume work
Geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known to his era.
Life
Strabo was born in a wealthy family from Amaseia in Pontus (modern Amasya Turkey),
Geography Book XII Chapter 3 Section 15, "Amaseia, my fatherland." which had recently become part of the
Roman Empire.
Pontus fell to the Roman general Pompey in 63 BC and after the murder or suicide of Mithridates VI of Pontus was broken up into smaller provinces in 64 BC. Strabo in Book 12 Chapter 3 Section 41 states that the Romans took possession of Bithynia "a little before my time", setting the date of his birth to after 63 BC. His mother was Georgian. He studied under various geographers and philosophers; first in Nysa, Anatolia, later in
Rome. He was philosophically a Stoicism and politically a proponent of Roman
imperialism. Later he made extensive travels to Egypt and Kush, among others. It is not known when his
Geography was written, though comments within the work itself place the finished version within the reign of Emperor
Tiberius. Some place its first drafts at around AD 7, others around 18. Last dateable mention is given to the death in 23 of Juba II, king of Maurousia (Mauretania), who is said to have died "just recently."Book 17 Chapter 7. On the presumption that "recently" means within a year, Strabo stopped writing that year or the next (24 AD), perhaps because of his death.
Strabo's
History is nearly completely lost. Although Strabo quotes it himself, and other classical authors mention that it existed, the only surviving document is a fragment of papyrus now in possession of the
University of Milan (renumbered Papyrus 46).
Several different dates have been proposed for Strabo's death, but most of them place it shortly after 23.
The
Geography
The
Geographica (Strabo) is an extensive work in Greek, spanning 17 volumes, and can be regarded as an encyclopedia of the geographical knowledge of Strabo's time. Except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete. Yet, while it does cover the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans of his time, it suffers from several major flaws: a constant and very intrusive defense of the poet Homer as a geographical source, leading Strabo to dismiss more recent writers, such as Herodotus, who claim to have witnessed the events they reported; a preoccupation with minute, often captiously argumentative, criticism of these other writers; a peculiarly Greek aprioristic attitude to facts, seeking to derive them from the pure exercise of reason. In sum, one would prefer more geography and less argumentation. These byways, however, do provide modern scholars with valuable historical information on the methods of ancient geography and on many older geographers whose works are lost.
Some thirty manuscripts of the
Geography, or parts of it, have survived. Almost all of these are medieval copies, though there are fragments from papyri which were probably copied some time between 100 and 300. Scholars have struggled for a century and a half to produce an accurate edition close to what Strabo wrote. One definitive edition has been in publication since 2002, appearing at the rate of about a volume a year.
Notes and references
Bibliography
| first=Augustus (Editor)
| last=Meineke
| authorlink=Augustus Meineke
| title=Strabonis Geographica
| location=Lipsiae
| publisher=B.G. Teubneri
| date=MDVVVLXXVII--> Strabo in Greek, Teubner Edition. Downloadable Google Books at http://books.google.com/books?id=MvoHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=Strabo&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1.
External links
The text of Strabo online
- Books 1‑9, 15‑17 in English translation, ed. H. L. Jones (1924), at LacusCurtius
- Books 6‑14 in English translation, ed. H. L. Jones (1924), Perseus Digital Library
Secondary material
This article is about the Greek geographer. For other people called "Strabo", see Strabo (disambiguation).
image:Strabo.jpg geographer Strabo in a
16th century engraving.
StraboStrabo ("squinty") was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo." A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see things at great distance as if they were nearby was also called "Strabo." (
Greek language: Στράβων; 63 BC/
64 BC – ca. AD 24) was a
Ancient Greeks history, geography and
philosophy. He is mostly famous for his 17-volume work
Geographica, which presented a descriptive history of people and places from different regions of the world known to his era.
Life
Strabo was born in a wealthy family from
Amaseia in
Pontus (modern
Amasya Turkey),
Geography Book XII Chapter 3 Section 15, "Amaseia, my fatherland." which had recently become part of the
Roman Empire.Pontus fell to the Roman general
Pompey in 63 BC and after the murder or suicide of Mithridates VI of Pontus was broken up into smaller provinces in 64 BC. Strabo in Book 12 Chapter 3 Section 41 states that the Romans took possession of Bithynia "a little before my time", setting the date of his birth to after 63 BC. His mother was Georgian. He studied under various geographers and philosophers; first in
Nysa, Anatolia, later in Rome. He was philosophically a Stoicism and politically a proponent of Roman
imperialism. Later he made extensive travels to Egypt and Kush, among others. It is not known when his
Geography was written, though comments within the work itself place the finished version within the reign of Emperor
Tiberius. Some place its first drafts at around AD 7, others around 18. Last dateable mention is given to the death in 23 of Juba II, king of Maurousia (Mauretania), who is said to have died "just recently."Book 17 Chapter 7. On the presumption that "recently" means within a year, Strabo stopped writing that year or the next (24 AD), perhaps because of his death.
Strabo's
History is nearly completely lost. Although Strabo quotes it himself, and other classical authors mention that it existed, the only surviving document is a fragment of papyrus now in possession of the University of Milan (renumbered
Papyrus 46).
Several different dates have been proposed for Strabo's death, but most of them place it shortly after 23.
The
Geography
The
Geographica (Strabo) is an extensive work in Greek, spanning 17 volumes, and can be regarded as an encyclopedia of the geographical knowledge of Strabo's time. Except for parts of Book 7, it has come down to us complete. Yet, while it does cover the entire world known to the Greeks and Romans of his time, it suffers from several major flaws: a constant and very intrusive defense of the poet
Homer as a geographical source, leading Strabo to dismiss more recent writers, such as
Herodotus, who claim to have witnessed the events they reported; a preoccupation with minute, often captiously argumentative, criticism of these other writers; a peculiarly Greek aprioristic attitude to facts, seeking to derive them from the pure exercise of reason. In sum, one would prefer more geography and less argumentation. These byways, however, do provide modern scholars with valuable historical information on the methods of ancient geography and on many older geographers whose works are lost.
Some thirty manuscripts of the
Geography, or parts of it, have survived. Almost all of these are medieval copies, though there are fragments from papyri which were probably copied some time between 100 and 300. Scholars have struggled for a century and a half to produce an accurate edition close to what Strabo wrote. One definitive edition has been in publication since 2002, appearing at the rate of about a volume a year.
Notes and references
Bibliography
| first=Augustus (Editor)
| last=Meineke
| authorlink=Augustus Meineke
| title=Strabonis Geographica
| location=Lipsiae
| publisher=B.G. Teubneri
| date=MDVVVLXXVII--> Strabo in Greek, Teubner Edition. Downloadable Google Books at
http://books.google.com/books?id=MvoHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=Strabo&as_brr=1#PPP7,M1.
External links
The text of Strabo online
- Books 1‑9, 15‑17 in English translation, ed. H. L. Jones (1924), at LacusCurtius
- Books 6‑14 in English translation, ed. H. L. Jones (1924), Perseus Digital Library
Secondary material
Strabo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strabo [1] (Greek: Στράβων; 63 / 64 BC – ca. AD 24) was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher.
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