Strabo of Amasia

Dr. Daniela Dueck is an instructor in the departments of Classical Studies and history at Bar Ilan University, Israel. She studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem where she researched and wrote her PhD dissertation on Strabo's Geography.

'Dueck succeeds in writing a book that accomplishes Strabo's aims. Her book entertains and is of use. And while concentrating on particular details, it also provides the general picture. Strabo called his Geography a `monumental work'. It still awaits a monumental study. However, Dueck's book on this elusive geographer will certainly be the first corner-stone in such a future enterprise.' - Eran Almagor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem'D.'s book does Strabo a real service. Her vivid though delicate construction of Strabo the man ... presented with elegance and anthusiasm, must surely entice the reader of this book to pick up the text of Strabo again, or, even better, for the first time.' - Classical Review'Thanks to D., we have an excellent general survey of our knowledge from the mythical past to the Augustan age.' - Ancient East and West

• 1 Strabo's background and antecedents 2 Strabo and the Greek Tradition 3 Strabo and the World of Augustan Rome 4 Geography, Politics, and Empire 5 Greek Scholars in Augustan Rome 6 The Geography - A 'Colossal Work'