Demetrius cites also hestiaea of alexandreia as a witness, a woman who wrote a work on homers iliad and inquired whether the war took place round the present ilium and the trojan plain, which latter the poet places between the. The english translation of hamilton and falconer 1850s has been made available by the perseus project, along with meinekes 1877 teubner edition of the greek text. Based in part upon the unfinished version of john robert sitlington sterrett, john robert sitlington. He strabo refers to hestiea, a lady of alexandria troas, who had published criticisms on homer, and came to the same conclusion that the trojan. The best roman wine, but it was no longer superior by the time of the elder pliny. The natural history at chicago 17thcent english version pliny the elder. The lacus curtius lake of curtius was a mysterious pit or pool in the ground in the forum romanum. This excerpt from the important greek history contains details from the founding of the artaxiad dynasty. Strabo 64 bc 25 ad was an asiatic greek, and a keen traveller, who spent a substantial part of his life studying in alexandria.
Institute for advanced techology in the humanities. The tribe was first noted in written sources when encountered by julius caesar. Travelers accounts travelers accounts of their journeys and the lands they visit are important sources in understanding the past. It wasnt only grapes and the land on which they grew that imparted their flavor to the wine. His 17volume geography is one of the most important descriptions of the classical world. These deaths lay in the future when strabo wrote about the relatives of augustus in book 5. Romansites is also especially good at keeping track of changes in urls. One legend of the story has the shrine named for the sabine leader mettius curtius who, during the roman war with the sabines, stumbled into a swampy area in the forum on his horse. The consul curtius inclosed the area with a stone fence in 445 b.
Ptolemy mentions a second town, ratiatum modern reze. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. According to legend, in 362 bc a deep chasm opened in the roman forum. Thegeographyof strabo the geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and the major source for the history of greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. The pictones minted coins from the end of the 2nd century bc. The pool of curtius lacus curtius and forum fig trees. Lacuscurtius strabos geography book iii chapter 3 free download as pdf file. Strabos historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. Caucasiarum regionum et gentium straboniana descriptio commentario perpetuo illustrata.
While only some volumes of jones loeb translation are to be found as scanned books on the internet archive, the entire translation is available as html files at lacus curtius. On the operations of nature, that all things converge to a point, namely, the centre of the whole, and assume a spherical shape around it. In addition, this lengthy and complex work contains a. Delos sacred port and commercial port ancient ports ports. At break of day he led his festal procession in honour of the god, and his choir arrayed in lavish splendour and singing as it marched, across the bridge to land. A stadia is said to be 7,290 inches18,662 cm or 607. One is that the site that had been struck by lightning. The bill thayer web site, lacus curtius and as 1 contains extra explanations and many translations of other greek and roman latin texts. At times, they apparently moved to the danube frontier with rome.
Strabo states the width of persia 4,400 stadia or about 800 km and its length towards the caspian to be 8,000 stadia or about 1,500 km. Piktonai jaute helvetu migracijos i santonu zemes gresme, todel 58 m. Note that the english translation by jones is only partially books 614 available through perseus. The geography of strabo is the only surviving work of its type in greek literature, and the major source for the history of greek scholarship on geography and the formative processes of the earth. The pictones were a tribe inhabiting a region along the bay of biscay in what is now western france, along the south bank of the loire.
It is not always clear which source he is using at any time, and this is especially true of his description of babylon and the hanging gardens, which occurs in book 16. Greek authors the geography of strabo, john robert sitlington sterrett volume 1 of the geography of strabo. His kingdom consisted of the country bounded by the halys, 27 extending to the tibareni, 28 to armenia, to the territory within the halys, extending as far as amastris, 29 and to some parts of paphlagonia. Caesar depended on their shipbuilding skills for his fleet on the loire. Texts from josephus, augustus, claudius, strabo and tacitus. The histories of appian, the civil wars lacus curtius book iv and v apply.
The thuringii may have been the descendants of the. Section focusing specifically on tyrrhenia and umbria tuscany, umbria, and the n marche. As outsiders, travelers often note aspects of a culture that are too commonplace for local commentators to mention. Strabos words in book 5 thus came to have a greater compass than he had originally intended. After transalpine celtica and the tribes which hold this country, i must tell about the alps themselves and the people who inhabit them, and then about the whole of italy, keeping the same order in.
Jones which accompanied his 191732 edition of the geography. Geographika, or geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 books, written in greek by strabo, an educated citizen of the roman empire of greek descent. The seers declared that the pit would never close until romes most valuable possession was thrown into it. Putnam, 19171932, also by horace leonard jones and j. In ad 14, the emperor augustus had died and been succeeded by his adopted son and heir, tiberius. Most of the chapters from ptolemys geography are accompanied by maps 18 so far, bibliographic notes including references to the texts of pliny the elder and strabo, and links to the roman gazetteer and related websites. Greek traveler strabos encyclopedia on the ancient world as he knew it. Strabo s historical work is lost, but his most important geography in seventeen books has survived. The containers and metals with which the acidic beverage came in contact also affected the taste.
An english translation of strabos geography, based on the translation by h. Media in category lacus curtius rome the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total. Another story comes from strabo geography, book 14, chap. The area where the forum would later be built was originally likely a lake, as the area it was in is known to have been surrounded by brooks and marshes. The lacus curtius was a mysterious pit in the ground in the roman forum, now small, more or less filled in and paved over with ancient stone, but once said to have been a widening chasm. Transcription of justins history of the world, including the early history of armenia. Demetrius cites also hestiaea of alexandreia as a witness, a woman who wrote a work on homers iliad and inquired whether the war took place round the present ilium and the trojan plain, which. Its nature and significance in romes early history is unknown, and this was already the case by the late republican period. Its nature and significance in romes early history is unknown, and this was already the. See main page for a guide to all contents of all sections. Claiming that nothing was more precious than a brave citizen, curtius.
A wikipedia article about this author is available strabo. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. Greek transcription with english translations biblioteca digitale della biblioteca augusta di perugia. Hestiea is known to us from the following single brief sentence by strabo in the geography xiii.
Hestiaea in the direction wikipedia took her, is quite sober about her, saying merely this, again, in toto p61. Greek transcription with english translations biblioteca digitale. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The geography of strabo, volume 1 loeb classical library loeb classical library. The loeb translation is available on lacus curtius but remember that it gives latin equivalents for his greek words and was written as a crib for readers with the greek text on the facing page. During the reign of augustus 27 bc 14 ad, the pictones were included in the larger province of gallia aquitania, along with most of western gaul. Pictones wikipedia bahasa indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 810 with greek lands, 1114 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16. Delos sacred port and commercial port ancient ports. The geography acus curtius chicago the entire text, with maps, is being put up on the web. The english translation of strabos geography by hamilton and falconer 18541857. One part of the area was never drained, but gradually became smaller until only a basin. This is also an excellent site for studying historical geography.
I take the view that strabo started writing out the manuscript of the geography some three years later, starting book one in ad 17 and finishing the last book book seventeen in ad 23. In his histories, piso recounts how during the sabine war between romulus and tatius in the late c8 bc, a brave sabine named mettius curtius, forced to retreat in the face of a charge that. He annexed to the kingdom of pontus the seacoast towards the west as far as heracleia, 30 the birthplace of heracleides the. After two introductory books, numbers 3 and 4 deal with spain and gaul, 5 and 6 with italy and sicily, 7 with north and east europe, 8 10 with greek lands, 11 14 with the main regions of asia and with asia minor, 15 with india and iran, 16 with. A mysterious chasm in the heart of the ancient roman forum, the lacus curtius was once believed to be a gateway to hell. Ancient romans regularly enjoyed wine vinum of fine, aged vintage, or cheap and new, depending on the consumers finances. The origins of the shrine of the lacus curtius are hopelessly mired in obscurity. Nors atkakliai sieke islaikyti nepriklausomybe, piktonai bendradarbiavo su cezariu, kuris minejo piktonus kaip viena labiausiai civilizuotu genciu. Pictones adalah suku yang tinggal di wilayah pesisir teluk biscay di sebelah selatan sungai loire. Geography html at perseus help with reading books report a bad link suggest a new listing. With an english translation by horace leonard jones. We have treated these subjects at length in the first book of the geography. At present we shall make a few remarks on the operations of nature and of providence conjointly.
Pada masa kaisar augustus 27 sm 14 m, suku pictones menjadi bagian dari provinsi gallia aquitania yang lebih besar. Suku ini menjadi asal nama kota poitiers dalam bahasa latin limonum pictonum pictavi suku ini telah membuat koin mereka sendiri pada akhir abad ke2 sm. Their chief town lemonum, the celtic name of modernday poitiers poitou, is located on the south bank of the liger. He became a keen traveller who saw a large part of italy, various near eastern regions including the black sea, various parts of asia minor, egypt as far as ethiopia, and parts of greece. The natural history lacus curtius in latin pliny the elder. E book containing translations and analysis of ancient inscriptions from urartu, also called the kingdom of van, which was in the territory of modern armenia. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. A first edition was published in 7 bc followed by a gap, resumption of work and a final edition no later. Translation on lacus curtius, loeb classical library, 1916. The fifth book contains a description of italy from the roots of the alps to the strait of sicily, the gulf of taranto, and the region about posidonium. The second story is that at the beginning of the royal era, a chasm appeared suddenly in the center of the forum valley. A guide to roman websites which assesses the other megasites. Demetrius cites also hestiaea of alexandreia as a witness, a woman who wrote a work on homers iliad and inquired whether the war took place round the present ilium and the.
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