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Dueck, Daniela, Hugh Lindsay And Sarah Pothecary (Eds.)

Strabo's Cultral Geography. The Making of a Kolossourgia.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.,

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Author
Dueck, Daniela, Hugh Lindsay And Sarah Pothecary (Eds.)
Publishers
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Size
XVI, 286 p. Original hardcover.
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, allover very good condition. / Minimal berieben, insgesamt sehr guter Zustand. - Contents: Kolossourgia. 'A colossal statue of a work� (Sarah Pothecary) -- Reflections of philosophy: Strabo and geographical sources (Christina Horst Roseman) -- Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo (Eran Almagor) -- Gender at the crossroads of empire: locating women in Strabo�s Geography (Denise Eileen McCoskey) -- Strabo and Homer: a chapter in cultural history (Anna Maria Biraschi) -- Strabo�s use of poetry (Daniela Dueck) -- Strabo�s sources in the light of a tale (Nikos Litinas) -- The foundation of Greek colonies and their main features in Strabo: a portrayal lacking homogeneity? (Francesco Trotta) -- ["Andres endothoi�] or �men of high reputation� in Strabo�s Geography (Johannes Engels) -- Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in context vs. Greece in depth (Maria Pretzier) -- The European provinces: Strabo as evidence (Sarah Pothecary) -- Amasya and Strabo�s patria in Pontus (Hugh Lindsay) -- Cappadocia through Strabo�s eyes (Silvia Panichi) -- Greek geography and Roman empire: the transformation of tradition in Strabo�s Euxine (David Braund) -- Josephus� hidden dialogue with Strabo (Yuval Shahar) -- Temporal layers within Strabo�s description of Coele Syria, Phoenicia and Judaea (Ze�ev Sajrai).