| #3565457 in Books | Bristol Classical Press | 2003-10-16 | 2003-10-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.1 x5.50l,.53 | File type: PDF | 160 pages | ||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| A Minor Geographic Work from a Well Known Author|By Stefano Nikolaou|Arrian of Nicomedia is a well-known author but this little work 'The Periplus Ponti Euxini' is relatively unknown. As a result this book has found a place in my collection of obscure ancient authors (or writings).
This is no great piece of literature. It is an account of Arrian's tour of the Black S|About the Author||Aidan Liddle read Classics at Oxford and now works as a civil servant at the Department of Trade and Industry.
This volume contains the Greek text "Periplus Ponti Euxini", with a full introduction, commentary and facing-page translation. Arrian, the Roman senator, is known as a philosopher and the historian of Alexander. He also enjoyed a sucessful political and military career, and the friendship of Hadrian. Arrian's text mixes the literary forms of a friendly letter and the traditional Greek periplus, or coastal guide. It describes a tour of duty around the Black Sea underta...
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