While the original three-volume treatise is lost, its contents are known through more than 150 fragments preserved by later scholars like Strabo and Pliny. Core Contributions
The book is available from Princeton University Press and retailers like Amazon . Eratosthenes' Geography | Princeton University Press
It includes a detailed introduction to Eratosthenes’ life and extensive commentary on the geographical, topographical, and ethnographic data in the fragments.
: He divided the Earth into five zones: two frigid, two temperate, and one torrid.
by Duane W. Roller (2010).
Eratosthenes' — Geography
While the original three-volume treatise is lost, its contents are known through more than 150 fragments preserved by later scholars like Strabo and Pliny. Core Contributions
The book is available from Princeton University Press and retailers like Amazon . Eratosthenes' Geography | Princeton University Press
It includes a detailed introduction to Eratosthenes’ life and extensive commentary on the geographical, topographical, and ethnographic data in the fragments.
: He divided the Earth into five zones: two frigid, two temperate, and one torrid.
by Duane W. Roller (2010).