{"product_id":"three-ancient-geographical-treatises-in-duane-w-roller-9780367462543","title":"Three Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation: Hanno, the King Nikomedes Periodos, and Avienus","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume is a translation and commentary on the works of three geographers from Greco-Roman antiquity: Hanno of Carthage, from around 500 BC; the author of the \u003cem\u003ePeriodos Dedicated to King Nikomedes\u003c\/em\u003e, from the last half of the second century BC; and Avienus, from the fourth century AD.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe modern translations of texts in this book represent 1,000 years of Greco-Roman geographical scholarship, and thus provide an overview of the discipline from its beginnings to late antiquity. Readers will learn about the development of Greek geography, and the earliest adventures outside the Mediterranean into the Atlantic, as far south as the tropics and north toward the Arctic. These explorations make for fascinating stories about early human endeavors into an unknown world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThree Ancient Geographical Treatises in Translation\u003c\/em\u003e offers specialists new information about Greek exploration and a modern translation of significant ancient texts, while non-specialist scholars and undergraduate students with an interest in Greco-Roman literature and ancient geography will also find the volume useful and accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Duane W. Roller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367462540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367462543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Duane W. Roller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944818704639,"sku":"9780367462543","price":170.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7f111138-c4eb-4412-a568-c3113aa2c8bd.jpg?v=1681505231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-ancient-geographical-treatises-in-duane-w-roller-9780367462543","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}