Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Greek Geography and Geographers
- Time-line
- Prologue: The Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Iliad, 2. 484–760)
- Part I Archaic Period
- Part II Classical Period
- 4 Hanno of Carthage
- 5 Hippokrates of Kos (?), Airs, Waters, and Places
- 6 Eudoxos of Knidos
- 7 Pseudo-Skylax
- 8 Pytheas of Massalia
- Part III Hellenistic Period
6 - Eudoxos of Knidos
from Part II - Classical Period
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Maps
- List of Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Greek Geography and Geographers
- Time-line
- Prologue: The Homeric Catalogue of Ships (Iliad, 2. 484–760)
- Part I Archaic Period
- Part II Classical Period
- 4 Hanno of Carthage
- 5 Hippokrates of Kos (?), Airs, Waters, and Places
- 6 Eudoxos of Knidos
- 7 Pseudo-Skylax
- 8 Pytheas of Massalia
- Part III Hellenistic Period
Summary
This chapter presents new, annotated translations of the geographical testimonia and fragments of Eudoxos of Knidos (391/0–338/7 BC), arranged as 79 extracts. The chapter introduction identifies Eudoxos’ multiple areas of expertise and suggests that his original contribution lay particularly in the area of Earth measurement, including what may have been a novel concept of a central parallel of latitude for the inhabited portion of the globe. He did not follow Hekataios’ clockwise organization of material, and knew more about the eastern Mediterranean and adjacent lands than about other regions. Like Hekataios, however, he shows a lively interest in many aspects of human societies and history; he was perhaps aware of Airs, Waters, and Places (Chapter 5 of this volume). His text survived down to Byzantine times and was highly influential.
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- Geographers of the Ancient Greek WorldSelected Texts in Translation, pp. 177 - 192Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024