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The Geography of Strabo - Volume 3
Strabo
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6. But how can we place any just confidence in the accounts [Pg 75]of India derived from such expeditions as those of Cyrus and Semiramis? Megasthenes concurs in this opinion; he advises persons not to credit the ancient histories of India, for, except the expeditions of Hercules, of Bacchus, and the later invasion of Alexander, no army was ever sent out of their country by the Indians, nor did any foreign enemy ever invade or conquer it. Sesostris the Egyptian (he says), and Tearco the. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Strabo was the geographer of the Ancient World. He not only traveled, but he relied on the recorded geographies of other writers to fill the gaps in his knowledge (which was pretty extensive). It is interesting to read of those places we are familiar with but as they were two thousand years ago. Not
İlk coğrafyacılardan olan Strabon, Antik Çağ coğrafyasını ele alırken kendinden önce gözlem yoluyla coğrafya disiplinine katkı yapmış düşüncelere de eserinde yer vermektedir.
This book is only for the specialist in ancient history. Common readers beware.
This volume of Strabo is mostly about how previous writers got geography all wrong. He spends a good bit of time on Eratosthenes, Hipparchus, Posidonius and Polybius, pointing out their errors and how they contradicted each other. It's only in the last chapter of Book 2 that he starts detailing his