Fuentes de la Geografía de Estrabón

Abstract

In the first part the author examines the characteristics of Strabo’s Geography (c. 27-25 BC). He describes the contents, the date of writing, the literary genre, the objectives and the target readers, and records the work’s editions and translations. He offers some keys for interpreting the author, his ideas of civilisation and barbarism and his attitude to the Roman Empire. The second part deals with the sources of the Geography, distinguishing scientific treatises from literary works, journeys, routes, private reports, official reports and cartographic material. Lastly the author will look at various geographers and historians who influenced Strabo.