The Periplus Maris Erythraei :: text with introduction, translation, and commentary /

The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or s...

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Weitere Verfasser: Casson, Lionel, 1914-2009
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Ancient Greek
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1989.
Schriftenreihe:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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Zusammenfassung:The Periplus Maris Erythraei, "Circumnavigation of the Red Sea," is the single most important source of information for ancient Rome's maritime trade in these waters (i.e., the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and western Indian Ocean). Written in the first century A.D. by a Greek merchant or skipper, it is a short manual for the traders who sailed from the Red Sea ports of Roman Egypt to buy and sell in the various ports along the coast of eastern Africa, southern Arabia, and western India. This edition, in many ways the culmination of a lifetime of study devoted to Rome's merchant marine and her trade with the east, provides an improved text of the Periplus, along with a lucid and reliable translation, a comprehensive general commentary that treats in particular the numerous obscure place-names and technical terms that occur, and a technical commentary that deals with grammatical, lexicographical, and textual matters for readers competent in Greek. An extensive introduction places the Periplus in its historical context.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781400843206
1400843200
1280494263
9781280494260
9786613589491
6613589497

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