Pseudo-Skylax's Periplous : the Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World: Text, Translation and Commentary.

Pseudo-Skylax's Periplous : the Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World: Text, Translation and Commentary.

The text of the Periplous or 'circumnavigation' is a highly significant geographical text by a 4th century BC author. It describes the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, and may have been written to demonstrate the size of the inhabited world of the ancient Greeks. This revised edi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shipley, Graham
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Scylax, > of Caryanda, > active 6th century B.C. > Periplus.
Geography, Ancient.
Classical geography.
Black Sea Region > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Black Sea Region > History.
Mediterranean Region > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Mediterranean Region > History > To 476.
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