List of Graeco-Roman geographers
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- Pre-Hellenistic Classical Greece
- Homer
- Anaximander (died c. 546 BC)
- Hecataeus of Miletus (died c. 476 BC)
- Massaliote Periplus (6th century BC)
- Scylax of Caryanda (6th century BC)
- Herodotus (died c. 425 BC)
- Hellenistic period
- Pytheas (died c. 310 BC)
- Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax (3rd or 4th century BC)
- Megasthenes (died c. 290 BC)
- Autolycus of Pitane (died c. 290 BC)
- Dicaearchus (died c. 285 BC)
- Deimakos (3rd century BC)
- Timosthenes (fl. 270s BC)
- Eratosthenes (c. 276–194 BC)
- Scymnus (fl. 180s BC)
- Hipparchus (c. 190–120 BC)
- Agatharchides (2nd century BC)
- Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC)
- Pseudo-Scymnus (c. 90 BC)
- Diodorus Siculus (c. 90–30 BC)
- Alexander Polyhistor (1st century BC)
- Roman Empire period
- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea
- Strabo (63 BC – AD 24)
- Pomponius Mela (fl. 40s AD)
- Isidore of Charax (1st century AD)
- Mucianus (1st century AD)
- Pliny the Elder (AD 23 – 79), Natural History
- Marinus of Tyre (AD 70 – 130)[1]
- Ptolemy (90–168), Geography
- Pausanias (2nd century)
- Agathedaemon of Alexandria (2nd century)
- Dionysius of Byzantium (2nd century)
- Agathemerus (3rd century)
- Tabula Peutingeriana (4th century)
- Alypius of Antioch (4th century)
- Marcian of Heraclea (4th century)
- Expositio totius mundi et gentium (AD 350–362)
- Julius Honorius (very uncertain: 4th, 5th or 6th century)
- Byzantine Empire
- Hierocles (author of Synecdemus) (6th century)
- Cosmas Indicopleustes (6th century)
- Stephanus of Byzantium (6th century)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider (ed.): "Marinus", Brill's New Pauly, Brill, 2010:
M. of Tyre (Μαρῖνος; Marînos), Greek geographer, 2nd cent. AD
External links
[edit]- Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller:
- Geographi graeci minores, Carolus Muellerus (ed.), 2 voll., Parisiis, editoribus Firmin-Didot et sociis, 1855–61: vol. 1 (1882 reprint), vol. 2, tabulae.
- Gottfried Bernhardy:
- Geographi graeci minores, Godofredi Bernhardy (ed.), Lipsiae in libraria Weidmannia, 1828: vol. 1.
