Greek geographer, philosopher and historian (64/63 BC–c.24 AD)
This article is about the Greek geographer. For other people called "Strabo", see Strabo (disambiguation).
Strabo
16th-century engraving of Strabo
Born
64 or 63 BC
Amaseia, Pontus (modern-day Amasya, Turkey)
Died
c. AD 24 (aged c. 87)
Roman Empire
Occupations
Geographer
Philosopher
Historian
Strabo[n 1] (/ˈstreɪboʊ/; Greek: ΣτράβωνStrábōn; 64 or 63 BC – c. 24 AD) was a Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian who lived in Asia Minor during the transitional period of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.
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the westward extent of his travels. A lost passage of Pindar quoted by Strabo was the earliest traceable reference in this context: "the pillars which...
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the width of the aisle of the temple built to house it. The geographer Strabo noted early in the 1st century BC that the statue gave "the impression that...
the river Tisza at the beginning of the 5th century BC. Centuries later, Strabo associated the Getae with the Dacians who dominated the lands along the...
a legend that Deucalion and Pyrrha had settled in Dodona, Epirus; while Strabo asserted that they lived at Cynus, and that her grave was still to be found...
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his lyre he led down from Pieria." Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.294–340, 662–678 Strabo, Geographica 10.3.19 Nagy, Gregory (2018-08-16). "A re-invocation of the...
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