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Hardcover:
9781138173576 | Routledge, March 30, 2016, cover price $165.00
9780415066440 | Routledge, December 1, 1993, cover price $145.00
Paperback:
9780415121675 | Reprint edition (Routledge, August 1, 1995), cover price $52.95
9780415755726 | Routledge, July 24, 1993, cover price $48.95
Miscellaneous:
9780203075548 | Routledge, January 31, 2002, cover price $48.95
Hardcover:
9781138136953 | Routledge, November 24, 2015, cover price $165.00
9780415066433 | Routledge, July 1, 1993, cover price $145.00
Paperback:
9780415513302 | Routledge, November 1, 2011, cover price $54.95
9780415121668 | Reprint edition (Routledge, August 1, 1995), cover price $48.95
Miscellaneous:
9780203431467 | Routledge, November 1, 2002, cover price $44.95 | also contains War and Society in the Greek World
The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' that survives under the name of Skylax of Karyanda is in fact by an unknown author of the 4th century BC. It describes the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, naming hundreds of towns with geographical features such as rivers, harbours and mountains. But, argues Graham Shipley, it is not the record of a voyage or a navigational handbook for sailors. It is, rather, the first work of Greek theoretical geography, written in Athens at a time of intellectual ferment and intense speculation about the nature and dimensions of the inhabited world. While other scientists were gathering data about natural science and political systems or making rapid advances in philosophy, rhetorical theory, and cosmology, the unknown author collected data about the structure of the lands bordering the seas known to the Greeks, and compiled sailing distances and times along well-frequented routes. His aim was probably nothing less ambitious than to demonstrate the size of the inhabited world of the Greeks. This is the first full edition of the Periplous for over 150 years, and includes a newly revised Greek text and specially produced maps along with the first complete English translation. Interest in ancient geographical writings has never been so strong, yet many of the key texts are inaccessible to those who do not read Greek. With its relatively limited vocabulary and simple, yet varied, syntax, it will provide a useful text for those moving beyond the elementary study of ancient Greek language.
Hardcover:
9781904675822, titled "Pseudo-Skylax's Periplous: The Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World: Text, Translation and Commentary" | Liverpool Univ Pr, January 15, 2012, cover price $99.95
Paperback:
9781904675839 | Liverpool Univ Pr, January 15, 2012, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' that survives under the name of Skylax of Karyanda is in fact by an unknown author of the 4th century BC.
Hardcover:
9780415107556 | Routledge, June 1, 1996, cover price $150.00
Paperback:
9780415692472 | Routledge, July 1, 2011, cover price $54.95
Miscellaneous:
9780203426906 | Routledge, November 1, 2002, cover price $145.00
Product Description: Few historical epochs have influenced the development of civilization to the extent that those of ancient Greece and Rome have. This Guide, with over 1700 entries and 500 illustrations, is a key reference work on both, covering all the main branches of ancient literature, art and institutions...read more
Hardcover:
9780521483131 | Cambridge Univ Pr, July 31, 2006, cover price $250.00 | About this edition: Few historical epochs have influenced the development of civilization to the extent that those of ancient Greece and Rome have.
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Hardcover:
9780904887228 | British School of Athens, December 1, 2002, cover price $160.00
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Hardcover:
9780415046176 | Routledge, March 1, 2000, cover price $150.00
Paperback:
9780415046183, titled "The Greek World After Alexander, 323-30 B.C." | Routledge, March 1, 2000, cover price $50.95
Hardcover:
9780415066457 | Routledge, November 1, 1994, cover price $185.00
Hardcover:
9780198148685 | Clarendon Pr, September 17, 1987, cover price $235.00
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