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

Edition 2nd ed Published Oxford : Liverpool University Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (276 pages) Summary 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 edition contains the text and translation, with full commentary Notes Text in English and Ancient Greek Print version record Subject Scylax, of Caryanda, active 6th century B.C. Periplus. SUBJECT Periplus (Scylax, of Caryanda) fast Subject Geography, Ancient. Classical geography. LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Ancient & Classical. Classical geography Geography, Ancient Travel SUBJECT 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. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005633 Subject Black Sea Region Mediterranean Region Genre/Form Early works History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781789624977 1789624975

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