As is the case throughout homers work, the epic poet. In more recent developments, geography has become a distinct academic discipline. Odysseus is continually spoken of as the sacker of cities and as the capturer of troy. This guide provides the first english analysis of and commentary on this long and difficult text, and serves as a companion to the authors the geography of strabo, the first english translation of the work in many years. Homer is the father of all geographers, and odyssey geography herself, as good questions about a fine story told by a traveller, about climates, people, landscapes, and certainly not about. In book x of the odyssey, the companions of odysseus in their 12 ships land at the citadel of lamus, laestrogonian telepylus. Odysseus also plays a key role in homers iliad and other works in that same.
Geography derives from the greek geographia, a literal translation of which would be to describe or write about the earth. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo vol. Scholars believe the odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century bc. Its unclear whether lamus is an ancestral king or the name of the place, but the laestrygonians laestrygones live there. Its inhabitants are cataonians, who, though in a general way classed as subject to the king, are in most respects subject to the priest. The pyramus, 12 which has its source in the middle of the plain, is navigable throughout cataonia. Literally translated, with notes, in three volumes.
In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a vast amount of information on other topics, including the journey of alexander the great, cultic history, the history of the eastern. This is a selective summary of translations of strabos work from ancient greek into modern languages. The journey of telemachus to pylos and sparta no longer raises geographical problems. Summary and analysis book 12 the cattle of the sun. Today, the word odyssey means an epic journey like that of odysseus. Cappadocia, gala tia, bithynia, mysia, phrygia, and m. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The routledge companion to strabo explores the works of strabo of amasia c. Lately, robert bittlestone, in his book odysseus unbound, has identified the paliki.
The odyssey is one of two major ancient greek epic poems attributed to homer. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. This wealthy city was also known for its exceptionally good wine that could be used for both enjoyment and medicinal purposes strabo, geography. Montana state is also a unique school in that we dont actually have a department of geography, but rather a geography option through the department of earth science. The twelfth book contains the remainder of pontus, viz. It is, in part, a sequel to the iliad, the other homeric epic. True to his word, odysseus returns to aeaea for elpenors funeral rites. They are giant cannibals whose king, antiphates, eats on sight one of the. The nostos addresses odysseus adventures once he returns to ithaca. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of the odyssey and what it means. The priest is master of the temple, and also of the templeservants, who on my sojourn there were more than six thousand in number, men and women together. While his earlier historiographical composition is almost entirely lost, his major opus of the geography includes an encyclopaedic look at the entire world known. Another part, called the telemachy, focuses on odysseus son, telemachus, who left home in search of his longlost father.
Project gutenbergs the geography of strabo, volume iii of 3, by strabo this. The odyssey penguin classics deluxe edition by homer. The bibliographies included on this website will be of particular help to those doing research for a paper or for fun. The poet, man of many voices, so to speak, and of wide information, affords us grounds for the argument that even these regions were not unheard of by him, if one were only willing to argue scientifically from both statements that are made about. I havent read this book yet, but ive read about this book. Strabo geography books 1012 free ebook download as pdf file. Here on the map you can see the location of catana or katane which is today catania, a coastal city of sicily about 100km south of messina and 30 km south of volcanic mt. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca.
Geography, book 12, chapter 3 tieium is a town that has nothing worthy of mention except that philetaerus, the founder of the family of attalic kings, was from there. The odyssey is named after the greek hero odysseus. It is curious that a classic of so much renown and intrinsic value should have remained a comparatively sealed book to. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. Ce 24, a greek author writing at the prime of roman expansion and political empowerment. Each entry starts with the number of books of the geography translated, as translators sometimes stall out before completing all seventeen books. The world according to homer, according to an 1895 map. Rieu, penguin books, book 11 p201202 the straits of messina are the location described here and also in virgils aeneid. The geography of strabo, books 15 translated by hamilton and falconer, text taken from the bell edition of 1903, now in the public domain, and books 614 translated by horace leonard jones, the geography of strabo harvardheinemann 1924 digitized by the perseus project, licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 3. We fancy that the method which we have adopted in the division of our subject, up to this point, has been correct. Ulysses, ulixes, is a legendary greek king of ithaca and the hero of homers epic poem the odyssey. For ebooks, where available, click on the volume number.
After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. The project gutenberg ebook of the geography of strabo, vol. And here, too, some tell us over and over the same story of orestes and tauropolus, 12 asserting that she was called perasian because she was brought from the other side. With a long history of ties to rome, including an ancient alliance and a temple to roma built in about 195 bc, smyrna was an obvious choice for an imperial temple in asia cicero, pro flacco. Geography of the odyssey wikimili, the free encyclopedia. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us.
After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with assyria, babylonia, syria, and arabia, 17 with egypt and africa. The odyssey is fundamental to the modern western canon. Document view map view annotation statistics download options log in new to recogito. Throughout the site we have used the common abbreviations for both authors and titles, so please refer to the table of abbreviations below. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes. There is a large subterraneous channel, through which the water flows underground to a great distance. For an overview of all advanced features, see the instructions page.
Chapter summary for homers the odyssey, book 12 summary. The present translation of strabo, the great geographer of antiquity, is the first which has been laid before the english public. A historical and topographical guide to the geography of. The 12th book commences with a detailed account of anatolia, and contains the. Strabos geography, completed in the early first century ad, is the primary source for the history of greek geography. First the greeks must get past the sirens whose irresistible songs lure sailors into their islands coastal reefs. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and the major source for the history of greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. Full text of strabo, geography, books 117 in 8 volumes loeb classical library see other formats. General indexes loeb classical library by athenaeus. There is no geography of the odyssey for that good reason. Full text of the geography of strabo internet archive.
Circe is helpful once more, providing supplies and warnings about the journey to begin the next dawn. The geography of the apologoi the tale that odysseus told to the phaeacians, forming books 912 of the odyssey, and the location of the phaeacians own island of scheria, pose quite different problems from those encountered in identifying troy, mycenae, pylos and ithaca the names of the places and peoples that odysseus visits or claims to have visited are not recorded, either. The location of nestors pylos was disputed in antiquity. In book 12 of homers odyssey, the title character and his crew sail away from circes island and continue their efforts to return to ithaca. Strabo on iberia geography s book iii strabos geography. Having thus given a general view of geography, it will now be proper to describe each separate country in detail, as we engaged to do. The final section of the odyssey is called the nostos homecoming in greek. The travels of odysseus form just one part of the odyssey. Asia minor 12 are closely tied to discussions of the catalogues of.
The sixth book contains the remainder of italy, and the regions within the adriatic, as far as macedonia. The routledge companion to strabo daniela dueck download. At castabala is the temple of the perasian artemis, where the priestesses, it is said, walk with naked feet over hot embers without pain. Strabo, geography, book 10, chapter 4 perseus digital library.