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Last updated: June 2010. This page focuses on, but is not limited to,
English language publications and websites. Archived material from this page
is incorporated in Strabo:
Bibliography (since 1995)
 … a new collection and translation of the
fragments of Eratosthenes’ Geography
by Duane Roller, now available from Princeton
University Press. Click here for a review. In the
parlance of classical studies, ‘fragments’ are references by
ancient writers to those many literary works that have not survived to the
present time. Strabo is the ancient writer who refers more frequently than
does any other to Eratosthenes. The result is that some eighty to ninety
percent of the material translated by Roller in this new collection of
fragments comes from Strabo’s work. Roller’s latest offering is
therefore as relevant to students of Strabo’s Geography as to students of Eratosthenes. It will also be of
interest to all those studying the development of ancient scientific thought.
Roller’s ability to cater to all constituencies is evident in the
extremely useful, well-supported yet highly readable introductory material,
in which he notes inter alia that
Eratosthenes was responsible for initiating geography as a discipline and
probably even coined the word.
 ... the
eighth volume of Strabons Geographika, edited by Stefan
Radt and published by Vandenhoeck
and Ruprecht, published in 2009. Vols 1-4 of this important new
series presented us with a critical edition of the Greek text of
Strabo’s Geography. Vols 5-8 provided us with a commentary in
German. Vol. 9 (due 2011) will contain the Greek text of shortened versions
(from the medieval period) of the Geography. The tenth and final
volume will contain an index. For more information, see Editions of Strabo’s Geography.
Permanent link:
 ... regularly updated, the Ancient
World Mapping Center website is run from the University of North
Carolina and is dedicated to cartography and geography within the field of
ancient studies. The website includes updates
for the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and
Roman World.
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