Strabo

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Classical-era Greek person ancient Greek geographer cartographer historian philosopher writer

Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian best known for his 17-volume work "Geographica," which described the peoples and places of the known world in his time.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Strabo canonical 217
Strabo’s Geography 4
Strabo Geography 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Classical-era Greek person ⓘ
ancient Greek geographer ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
historian ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
associatedWith Augustan age ⓘ
authorOf Geographica ⓘ
birthDate c. 64 BCE ⓘ
birthPlace Amaseia ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Pontus ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate c. 24 CE ⓘ
describedRegion Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
surface form: Libya (North Africa)
education studied in Nysa under Aristodemus ⓘ
studied philosophy ⓘ
studied rhetoric ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork ethnography ⓘ
geography ⓘ
history ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
topography ⓘ
genre geographical literature ⓘ
historical prose ⓘ
philosophical prose ⓘ
influenced Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy

Renaissance geographers ⓘ
later Roman geographers ⓘ
medieval geographers ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Eratosthenes ⓘ
Hipparchus ⓘ
Homer ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea ⓘ
surface form: Posidonius
knownFor describing the known world of his time ⓘ
integration of history and geography ⓘ
systematic geographical description ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
methodology combining personal travel with literary sources ⓘ
name Strabo self-link ⓘ
notableWork Geographica ⓘ
religion polytheism ⓘ
sourceFor Roman imperial geography ⓘ
ancient ethnography ⓘ
ancient political geography ⓘ
travel Asia Minor ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East
workCount 17 books in Geographica ⓘ
wroteDuringReignOf Augustus ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ

Referenced by (228)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Statue of Zeus at Olympia → documentedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Apollodorus of Athens → citedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Colchis → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Actium → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Bruttium → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Bruttians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Bastarnae → mentionedInSource → Strabo ⓘ
Sybaris → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Rhegion → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Rhegium → presentInSource → Strabo ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → influenced → Strabo ⓘ
Posidonius of Apamea → usedAsSourceBy → Strabo ⓘ
Canopus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Phlius → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Phrygia → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
Lycia → mentionedInSource → Strabo ⓘ
Antium → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Picenum → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Troezen → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Alfeios River → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strabo Geography
Clazomenae → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Larisa (ancient city) → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Pharsalus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Lampsacus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Hawara pyramid complex → describedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Illyrians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Pherae → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
this entity surface form: works of Strabo
city of Amphissa → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
subject surface form: Amphissa
Aetolians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Marrucini → describedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Lusitanians → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Vestini → knownFrom → Strabo ⓘ
Sicyon → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strabo’s Geography
Bruttii → historicalSource → Strabo ⓘ
Hyphasis → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Crisa → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Colophon → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Aeolis → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Bottiaea → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Frentani → knownFromSource → Strabo ⓘ
Augustan age → hasMainRepresentative → Strabo ⓘ
Ambrysus → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Stagira → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Chalcis → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Abydos → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Hanging Gardens of Babylon → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus → mentionedIn → Strabo ⓘ
Lebadea → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Anticyra → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ
Caucasian Albania → mentionedBy → Strabo ⓘ