Pseudo-Skylax

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As a pseudo-Skylax the author is an ancient Periplous ( Coast description ) in Greek refers to the following titles wears: " Περίπλους τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς οἰκουμένης Εὐρώπης καὶ Ἀσίας καὶ Λιβύης " ( "Coast Description of the Sea of the inhabited parts of Europe, Asia and Africa" ). The author is given as the navigator Skylax (by Karyanda ), but the unanimous opinion of researchers is that the work is a later compilation of periploi and reports originally from the later 4th century BC. Chr. Originate and mostly the Athenian taking perspective.

Text output

  • Karl Müller : Geographi Graeci Minores (GGM). Paris 1855. pp. 15-96 ( digitized ; reprint Olms, Hildesheim 1990. ISBN 3-487-09218-2 ).
  • Patrick Counillon: Pseudo-Skylax: le Périple du Pont-Euxin. Texts, traduction, commentaire philologique et historique. Ausonius, Bordeaux 2004, ISBN 2-910023-47-8 .
  • Graham Shipley: Pseudo-Skylax's Periplous. The Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World. Text, Translation and Commentary. Bristol Phoenix Press, Exeter 2011, ISBN 978-1-904675-83-9 .

literature

  • Aurelio Peretti: Il periplo di Scilace. Studio sul primo portolano del Mediterraneo (= Biblioteca di studi antichi. Vol. 23). Giardini, Pisa 1979.
personal data
SURNAME Pseudo-Skylax
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ancient seafarer, author of an ancient periplous
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.