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
- 1 Aristeas of Prokonnesos
- 2 Skylax of Karyanda
- 3 Hekataios of Miletos
- Part II Classical Period
- Part III Hellenistic Period
2 - Skylax of Karyanda
from Part I - Archaic 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
- 1 Aristeas of Prokonnesos
- 2 Skylax of Karyanda
- 3 Hekataios of Miletos
- Part II Classical Period
- Part III Hellenistic Period
Summary
This chapter presents new, annotated translations of the principal testimonia and fragments of Skylax of Karyanda (late 6th century BC), arranged as fourteen extracts. Skylax, we are told by Herodotos, was recruited by King Darius of Persia to explore the Indus. The chapter introduction assesses recent studies that trace the echoes of his travel narrative in Philostratos’ Life of Apollonios (3rd century AD) and suggest that Skylax descended the Ganges to the east coast of India, perhaps voyaging as far as Taprobane (Sri Lanka). A specially drawn map indicates the area within which he most likely travelled.
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- Geographers of the Ancient Greek WorldSelected Texts in Translation, pp. 120 - 126Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024