The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, established in 1849, has evolved into the world's most venerable and extensive series of editions of Greek and Latin literature, ranging from classical to Neo-Latin texts. Some 4-5 new editions are published every year.

With this work, Carlo Lucarini presents a new critical edition of the geographers of antiquity. The fragments of the geographers (e.g. Hecataeus, Eratosthenes, Artemidorus) are reorganised and re-edited. For the minor geographers who have a direct tradition (such as Ps.-Scylax or Iulius Honorius), a new study of the manuscripts and editions has been undertaken. The material is divided into two volumes: The first volume presented here contains the geographers who wrote up to the Battle of Actium, the second the geographers of the Roman Empire.

Autorentext

Carlo M. Lucarini , University of Palermo, Italy.

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Artemidorus of Ephesos was a celebratedGreek geographer and his work repeatedly quoted by Strabo, Plinius and other ancient scholars. However, only fragments of the text survived and were finally edited by R. Stiehle in 1855. Then, some years ago, the so-called Artemidorus papyrus was discovered. Although some philologists argued against its authenticity, the papyrus seems to be genuine and provides us with new information on Artemidorus' work. The book presents the first modern edition of these fragments.