Project Gutenberg 2014-02-13 Public domain in the USA. 1240 Strabo Strabon Strabone Estrabón Straboni Στράβων Falconer, W. (William) 1801 1885 Falconer, William Hamilton, Hans Claude 1811 1895 Hamilton, H. C. (Hans Claude) The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographica Produced by Anna Tuinman, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Geography of Strabo, Volume 2" by Strabo is a historical and geographical account written in the late 1st century BC to early 1st century AD. This volume specifically continues the detailed examination of Europe, with a focus on Greece and its neighboring regions, refining previous accounts by various poets and historians. The author provides thorough geographic descriptions along with insights into the regions’ cultures, people, and mythology. The opening of the volume sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of Greece, beginning with a review of Macedonia and extending through various Greek tribes like the Acarnanians and the Ætolians. Strabo references earlier geographic writings and critically examines the historical narrative shaped by famous poets such as Homer. He emphasizes the complexity of historical accounts and aims to distinguish between myth and reality while laying out the geography of the region, which includes notable mentions of Greece's cities, rivers, and key geographical features. Overall, the beginning highlights Strabo's intention to provide an accurate and scholarly assessment of the Hellenic world as a complement to the literary depictions familiar to his readers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44885/44885-h/images/cover2.jpg Reading ease score: 64.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Geography -- Early works to 1800 G Text Category: History - European Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 1408837 2025-09-18T08:14:35.630712 text/html 1448521 2024-10-24T02:35:40 text/html 514701 2025-09-18T08:14:55.829589 application/epub+zip 540101 2025-09-18T08:14:38.918701 application/epub+zip 540100 2025-09-18T08:14:37.202699 application/epub+zip 944500 2025-09-18T08:15:06.261584 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 882240 2025-09-18T08:14:53.936586 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 881312 2022-09-20T13:34:40.885623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 991488 2025-09-18T08:14:31.429697 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 971899 2024-10-24T02:35:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17906 2025-09-18T08:15:06.435524 application/rdf+xml 19445 2025-09-18T08:14:37.477679 image/jpeg 3072 2025-09-18T08:14:37.343673 image/jpeg 475160 2025-09-18T08:14:35.712694 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia