Pomponius Mela: Geography of the World: Translation and Commentary - Hardcover
by Georgia Irby
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Availability:In StockContributor:Georgia IrbySeries:Translated Texts from Antiquity #1Publish date:6/24/2025Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Liverpool University PressISBN-13:9781836243397ISBN-10:1836243391UPC:9781836243397Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:Egypt, Greece, RomeSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SC7ZJTVNQE
Pomponius Mela: Geography of the World: Translation and Commentary
This volume offers a fresh translation and the first English-language commentary of Pomponius Mela, an Iberian intellectual who wrote a three-book geographical description of the Roman world under the emperor Claudius. The translation is as faithful to the original Latin as possible to give the Latinless reader a real taste of Mela's style.
In the detailed commentary, Irby highlights Mela's...
Series: Translated Texts from Antiquity #1
Language:EnglishPublisher:Liverpool University PressISBN-13:9781836243397ISBN-10:1836243391UPC:9781836243397Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:Egypt, Greece, RomeSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.5124Product ID:SC7ZJTVNQE
Irby, Georgia: - Georgia L. Irby is Professor of Classical Studies at William and Mary, where she works on the history of science, especially cartography, geography, and watery matters, Greek and Latin pedagogy, and mythology.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
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