Routledge Companion to Strabo

Daniela Dueck is Associate Professor of Classical Studies and History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

• AcknowledgmentsList of ContributorsIntroduction Daniela Dueck I STRABO’S POINT OF VIEW 1. Strabo’s philosophy and Stoicism Myrto Hatzimichali2. ‘Such is Rome...’ - Strabo on the ‘Imperial metropolis’ Nicholas Purcell3. Looking in from the outside: Strabo’s attitude towards the Roman people Jesper Majbom MadsenII THE GEOGRAPHYThe inhabited world and its parts4. Strabo’s Mediterranean Katherine Clarke5. Strabo’s description of the North and Roman geo-political ideas Ekaterina Ilyushechkina6. Strabo and Iberia Benedict J. Lowe7. Strabo, Italy and the Italian peoples Elvira Migliario8. Strabo and the history of Armenia Giusto Traina9. Strabo’s Libya Jehan DesangesHuman geography10. Ethnography and identity in Strabo’s Geography Edward Dandrow11. Strabo’s roads Tønnes Bekker-Nielsen 12. Patterns of trade and economy in Strabo’s Geography Marta García Morcillo13. Strabo's cis-Tauran Asia: a humanistic geography María-Paz de Hoz Mathematical geography14. Measurement data in Strabo´s Geography Klaus Geus and Kurt Guckelsberger15. Strabo: from maps to words Pierre MoretThe art of writing geography16. Signposts and sub-divisions: hidden pointers in Strabo’s narrative Sarah Pothecary17. A river runs through it: waterways and narrative in Strabo Catherine Connors18. Spicing up geography: Strabo’s use of tales and anecdotes Daniela Dueck19. Strabo’s expendables: the function and aesthetics of minor authority Johannes WietzkeTraditions and sources20. Man of many voices and of much knowledge; or, In search of Strabo’s Homer Jane L. Lightfoot 21. Strabo and the Homeric commentators Alexandra Trachsel22. Myth as evidence in Strabo Lee E. Patterson23. Under the shadow of Eratosthenes: Strabo and the Alexander historians Antonio Ignacio Molina Marín The text24. Textual traditions and textual problems Roberto Nicolai25. On Translating Strabo into English Duane W. RollerIII THE HISTORIOGRAPHIC WORK(S)26. Strabo the historian Gościvit Malinowski IV RECEPTION27. ‘So says Strabo’ - The reception of Strabo’s work in antiquity Søren Lund Sørensen 28. Strabo’s reception in the West (15th-16th centuries) Patrick Gautier Dalché Index of references in StraboIndex of ancient sourcesIndex of place namesIndex of personal names

"Strabo's "colossal work" is one of the most fascinating and puzzling accounts of the Roman world, a richly layered ethnographic and political commentary on the Mediterranean in transition, viewed at close quarters by a polymathic historian-geographer. This companion, written by a well-chosen international team of experts, brings to a wider public the very best of recent scholarship on this extraordinary and under-estimated work." - Greg Woolf, Institute of Classical Studies at the School of Advance Study, UK"With the current ‘spatial turn’ in ancient studies, Strabo has been attracting attention on a scale not seen since the Renaissance. This most welcome Companion to his work – the first ever – ranges wide and deep. It will have lasting value." - Richard Talbert, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA"[this book] is a useful tool for Strabo specialists because of the variety of topics covered, but also for those who are passionate about ancient geography."- Mélanie Lozat, Université de Genève, Switzerland, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2019