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
- Part III Hellenistic Period
- 9 Dikaiarchos of Messana
- 10 Timosthenes of Rhodes
- 11 Herakleides Kritikos
- 12 Eratosthenes of Kyrene
- 13 Mnaseas of Patara
- 14 Skymnos of Chios
- 15 Agatharchides of Knidos, On the Erythraian Sea
- 16 Hipparchos of Nikaia
- 17 The Nikomedean Periodos [‘Pseudo-Skymnos’]
- 18 Artemidoros of Ephesos
- 19 Poseidonios of Apameia
- 20 Dionysios son of Kalliphon
13 - Mnaseas of Patara
from Part III - Hellenistic 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
- Part III Hellenistic Period
- 9 Dikaiarchos of Messana
- 10 Timosthenes of Rhodes
- 11 Herakleides Kritikos
- 12 Eratosthenes of Kyrene
- 13 Mnaseas of Patara
- 14 Skymnos of Chios
- 15 Agatharchides of Knidos, On the Erythraian Sea
- 16 Hipparchos of Nikaia
- 17 The Nikomedean Periodos [‘Pseudo-Skymnos’]
- 18 Artemidoros of Ephesos
- 19 Poseidonios of Apameia
- 20 Dionysios son of Kalliphon
Summary
This chapter presents new, annotated translations of the geographical testimonia and fragments of Mnaseas (active c.225–c.200 BC), arranged as 53 extracts. The chapter introduction reviews the evidence for his origin (Patara rather than Patrai) and date, and the structure of his geography (at least three books on Europe, followed by at least two on Asia and probably more than one on Africa or ‘Libye’). His work is characterized by a lively interest in mythology, including unique versions of some myths, to which he may have applied a rationalizing approach. The relative frequency with which he is cited suggests that his reputation was high.
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- Geographers of the Ancient Greek WorldSelected Texts in Translation, pp. 360 - 369Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024