Strabo of Amasia: A Greek Man of Letters in Augustan Rome - Softcover

Dueck, Daniela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415620171 ISBN 13: 9780415620178

Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

Strabo of Amasia offers an intellectual biography of Strabo, a Greek man of letters, set against the political and cultural background of Augustan Rome. It offers the first full-scale interpretation of the man and his life in English. It emphasises the place and importance of Strabo's Geography and of geography itself within these intellectual circles. It argues for a deeper understanding of the fusion of Greek and Roman elements in the culture of the Roman Empire. Though he wrote in Greek, Strabo must be regarded as an 'Augustan' writer like Virgil or Livy.

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About the Author

Dr. Daniela Dueck is an instructor in the departments of Classical Studies and history at Bar Ilan University, Israel. She studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she researched and wrote her PhD dissertation on Strabo's Geography.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415620171
• ISBN 13: 9780415620178
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238