Periplus of the erythraean seabibliography wikisource, the. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the arabpersian gulf. Although the following commentary of the translation is a bit outdated, the book remains one of the few works concerning the periplus of the erythraean sea still available to purchase. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Text with introduction, translation, and commentary, princeton university.
Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. View the periplus of the erythraean sea research papers on academia. The periplus maris erythraei princeton university press. The focus is on the western coastal plain extending from the present state of gujarat in the north through maharashtra, goa, karnataka and kerala. Periplus of the erythraean sea wikisource, the free online. Arriam ars tactica, acies contra alanos, peripu s ponti eixim, periplus maris erythrei. Beyond it at a distance of 1800 stadia is berenike, which is to your right if you approach it by sea. The periplus maris erythraei, text with introduction, translation and commentary by lionel.
The horn of africa, a major peninsular extension of the african mainland into the arabian sea, contains the vast lowland coastal plains of somalia. The first of the important roadsteads established on the red sea, and the first also of the great trading marts upon its coast, is the port of myoshormos in egypt. Click download or read online button to get periplus book now. The objective of the present study is, therefore, to examine the role of the anthropological and ethnographical information encapsulated in the periplus maris erythrae. Arriani alexandrini periplus maris erythraei by arrian, heinrich theodor dietrich.
Liou the periplus maris erythraei greek text with introduction, translation, and commentary by. The periplus of the erythraean sea research papers academia. The periplus maris erythraei isbn 9780691040608 pdf epub. The periplus maris erythraei lionel casson published by princeton university press casson, lionel. The project gutenberg ebook of the commerce and navigation of. Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item a translation of the greek. Documents such as periplus maris erythraei casson 1989 or diocletians edict of prices giacchero 1974graser 1940 illustrate the typological and geographical diversity of textile com modities. The policy of the ptolemies, in seeking to free egypt from com mercial. Tibetan nomads in the year 60 ad, periplus world map cropped. This paper highlights the role of the fishing and sailing communities in the maritime world of the western indian ocean. Decorative map covering the northwest coast of africa, arabian peninsular, india, malaysia.
Text with introduction, translation, and commentary. Old map by ortelius erythraei sive rubri maris periplus. The periplus maris erythraei, circumnavigation of the red sea, is the single. The river runs to the west for a span of 1,312 km 815. Lionel casson the periplus maris erythraei text with. The west coast of india and the maritime world of the western. Text with introduction translation and commentary pdf free.
But from the anonymous periplus maris erythraei where the writer, a greek merchant from southern egypt mentions a port called gange in the first century ad from where fine maslins were exported on the mouth of ganga, it is possible that gangaridai might be near to present day dhaka. It is impossible to identify the ancient gangaridi from ptolemys account. Media in category periplus of the erythraean sea the following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. The author identifies madagascar, as has been done by some former writers, with menuthias of ptolemy, but there seems little doubt that menuthias, which is described in the periplus maris. A famous passage in the 1stcentury greek merchants handbook, periplus maris erythraei, reports a roman attack on the city of eudaimon arabia aden in presentday yemen. A new edition of the periplus by hjaimar frisk gothemburg, 1927 supersedes the older one of fabricius leipzig, 1883 and others. The periplus maris erythraei or voyage around the erythraean sea is an anonymous work from around the middle of the first century ce written by a greek speaking egyptian merchant. The periplus maris erythraei, an early greek manual of sailing directions written in the 1st century ad, described sailing routes from the red sea maris erythraei to coastal areas along the arabian sea and bay of bengal to eastern india north of the ganges delta. Upper right hand corner inset map hyper borei, as ortelius puts it for better beautifying or proportioning of this map, and to remind the reader that in spite of all their exertions, a passage to the fer east via the north pole has not yet been found by the.
Some notes on the periplus maris erythraei1 volume 22 issue 2 m. Drawing on information provided by the periplus maris erythraei on local boats plying the region, the paper discusses cross. Text with introduction, translation, and commentary ebook written by lionel casson. It creates the conventional border between south india and north india. Pdf the periplus of the erythraean sea is a roman period guide to trade and navigation in the indian ocean. Documents such as periplus maris erythraei or diocletians edict of prices illustrate the. The periplus maris erythraei, text with introduction, translation, and commentary by l. Periplus maris erythraei 57, the classical quarterly, new series, vol. More detail on this change to pastoralism is provided later in this chapter. In the book however is added that it was written by arrian not the classical writer arrian. This volume contains a translation, with commentary of the periplus erythraei maris, by an unknown writer of the first christian century, and of the second part of the indika of arrian. Writing half a century later, the geographer ptolemy gives more. Periplus maris erythraei greek travel book britannica.
However, the existing scholarship so far has shown little or no interest in discussing the anthropological or ethnographical aspects of the treatise. Aug, 2019 this volume contains a translation, with commentary of the periplus erythraei maris, by an unknown writer of the first christian century, and of the second part of the indika of arrian. He not only reexamined the one important manuscript that has survived but brought to bear his knowledge of the language of the greek papyri of egypt, which is close kin to that written by the plainspoken captain or merchant who composed the periplus. Pdf textile trade in the periplus of the erythraean sea, in m. Tibetan nomads in the year 60 ad, periplus world map. The periplus maris erythraei text with introduction, translation, and commentary. The periplus maris erythraei by lionel casson overdrive.
The climate of eastern africa is generally tropical, though average temperatures tend to be reduced by the regions high elevations. On the text of the periplus maris erythraei, mnemosyne 10. Pdf textile trade in the periplus of the erythraean sea. Pdf periplus maris erythraei giorgio bruzzone academia. The narmada is one of the most famous rivers of india. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the periplus maris erythraei. The translation of the periplus was also printed in the indian antiquary of bombay, vol. The sole reliable text of the periplus maris erythraei is h. The plague organism is called yersinia pestis, formerly pasteurella pestis. The periplus of the erythraean sea and the persian gulf. The periplus maris erythraei, circumnavigation of the red sea, is the single most important source of information for ancient romes maritime trade in these waters i. Reviews, international journal of nautical archaeology 10. The first part of the work sections 118 describes the maritime traderoutes following the northsouth axis from egypt down the coast of east africa as far as modern.
On the text of the periplus maris erythraei on the text of the periplus maris erythraei giangrande, giuseppe 19750101 00. Show pdf in full window full text pdf free to you references. Bibliographyprimary sources a companion to byzantium. Lionel cassons periplus maris erythraei, published in 1989, is much more accurate and contains the original greek writing but it is however very hard to come by. This pdf of your paper in making textiles in preroman and roman. A study of anthropological and ethnographical information in.
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