Sarah Pothecary
Biographic Data
| ID | 1429161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Pothecary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Pothecary |
| SIGNATURE | POTHECARY S |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 www.strabo.ca [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 10 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Strabo's lived-in worlds: A conversation piece
The main themes addressed by the authors of this conversation piece are the following: why Strabo, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian period, can still be relevant today in ongoing debates and how Strabo has shaped the world and his narrative of the world. Particular attention is paid to the tradition of Strabo’s Geography in the early modern period as well as to some of Strabo’s key concepts, such as chora and oikoumene (lived-in world)
A Road Trip with Strabo: Memory and Composition in the Geography
A number of places that feature in Strabo’s description of the Asian peninsula were situated on the ancient road that ran between the Euphrates river and the city of Ephesus. It is likely that Strabo journeyed along the entire thousand-kilometre length of the road, even though he makes explicit reference to his presence in only a few locations. He most probably made the journey as a youth on his way to Roman Asia, in the south west of the peninsu…
Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia
Strabo and Homer: A chapter in cultural history
This paper discusses and explains Strabo's defence of Homer and thus evaluates Strabo's purpose and attitude to the poet particularly in view of the historical and cultural goals of his Geography . It is mainly in the Prolegomena (books one and two) that we see Strabo's approach toward various adversaries, as he justifies the significant presence of the most authoritative of all poets in his geographical work. In addition, I will try to identify …
Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo
stranger : ‘... most people in this country ... separate the Hellenic race from all the rest as one, and to all the other races, which are countless in number and have no relation in blood or language to one another, they give the single name ‘barbarian’ ’. (Plato, Politicus 262d) The Geography of Strabo, the most comprehensive ethnographic work to survive from classical antiquity, is one of the main sources for a study of the ancient attitude to…
Kolossourgia . ‘A colossal statue of a work’
καθάπερ τε καὶ ἐν τοῖς κολοσσικοῖς ἔργοις οὐ τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον ἀκριβὲς ζητοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς καθόλου προσέχομεν μᾶλλον, εἰ καλῶς τὸ ὅλον. οὕτως κἀν τούτοις δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν κρίσιν. κολοσσουργία γάρ τις καὶ αὐτή, τὰ μεγάλα φράζουσα πῶς ἔχει καὶ ὅλα, πλὴν εἴ τι κινεῖν δύναται καὶ τῶν μικρῶν τὸν φιλειδήμονα καὶ τὸν πραγματικόν. (1.1.23) Just as, in colossal statues, we do not seek detail in each individual part but rather pay attention to general aspec…
Greek geography and Roman empire: The transformation of tradition in Strabo's Euxine
In the seventeen books of Strabo's Geography , the Euxine or Black Sea region receives a lot of attention from the opening chapters onwards. Why so much? The question becomes still sharper when we observe Strabo's awareness of the sheer size of his work. His great text is like a colossal statue, as he puts it. There is an evident authorial pride in its scope and a claim to special quality to match the quantity, but Strabo also shows, sometimes ex…
The European provinces: Strabo as evidence
My research for this paper was prompted by the realisation that a reading of Strabo's Geography yields little impression of how the Roman world was divided and arranged into provinces. Strabo is often supposed to have been motivated in his work by the expansion of the Roman empire, and consequently he might be expected to have some considerable interest in its provincial structure. As it turns out, however, Strabo's remarks about the provinces ar…
Gender at the crossroads of empire: Locating women in Strabo's Geography
This project began as an attempt to outline the role of women in Strabo's Geography ; or, to speak more geographically, it began with a desire to determine the place women occupy in Strabo's account of the world. Given that women (with a few notable exceptions) remain relatively muted in Strabo's overall landscape, the topic initially seemed a straightforward one. Yet in working systematically through the Geography it soon becomes evident that St…
Ανδρες ἔνδοξοι or ‘men of high reputation’ in Strabo's Geography
In the prooemium to his Geography Strabo announces that, among other topics, he intends to supply information on the lives of ἄνδρες ἐπιφανεῖς. And in fact, numerous passages of his κολοσσουργία give praise to famous persons and briefly characterise them in connection with the description of certain poleis. These passages may be regarded as a typical feature of his cultural geography of Asia Minor and the Mediterranean world. Strabo honours promi…
Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in context vs. Greece in depth
Strabo and Pausanias both came from Roman Asia Minor and wrote extensive descriptions of Greece. This is where the similarities seem to end. Since the ‘rediscovery’ of Greece in the early nineteenth century, most scholars have admired Pausanias' detailed Periegesis as an excellent source and guide, while books eight and nine of Strabo's Geography have often been dismissed because, with some exceptions, they look superficial and at times inaccurat…
The foundation of Greek colonies and their main features in Strabo: A portrayal lacking homogeneity?
The Roman world of the first century bce , which provides not only the historical and political but also the cultural and ideological context of Strabo's work, is perceived and consequently described in the Geography as a complex overall picture to which all the qualities and methodological knowledge peculiar to the philosopher must be applied. Within this picture, individual details may be played down or omitted if they risk diverting the reader…
The Chambers of the Dead and the Gates of Darkness: A Glimmer of Political Criticism in Strabo's Geography (Strabo 14.5.4, 670 C, ll. 22-3, ed. Radt)
The prosecution of Caepio and Murena was a politically unpopular event from the early years of Augustus' reign. Strabo refers to the matter using a 'quoted quote' from Euripides. I look at possible conclusions to be drawn from Strabo's indirect way of handling his subject matter. I review the evidence for the date of the prosecution of Caepio and Murena. A bitter scholarly debate has led to the rejection of an early 23 BCE date. This legitimate r…
Strabo, the Tiberian Author: Past, Present and Silence in Strabo's Geography
References in the text suggest that Strabo started writing the manuscript of the Geography in AD 17 or 18 and finished it in AD 23. Events current at that time affect Strabo's handling of his material. Three particular instances are explored in detail. First, Strabo makes no reference to Germanicus after describing his triumph of AD 17. Germanicus was well known for his subsequent settlement of affairs in Armenia, Cappadocia and Commagene in AD 1…
Strabo the Geographer: His Name and Its Meaning
Analyse de la signification du nom de Strabon le geographe, ne vers 60 ou 50 av JC, d'origine grecque mais jouissant de la citoyennete romaine. Comparant les systemes de nomination romain et grec, le premier reposant sur la triade nom-prenom-surnom, le second proposant un seul nom, l'A. introduit l'idee de nom personnel afin de distinguer la tria nomina du cognomen. Examinant l'etymologie du nom designant celui qui louche, ainsi que sa genealogie…
The Expression "Our Times" in Strabo's Geography
Strabo the Geographer: His Name and Its Meaning
Analyse de la signification du nom de Strabon le geographe, ne vers 60 ou 50 av JC, d'origine grecque mais jouissant de la citoyennete romaine. Comparant les systemes de nomination romain et grec, le premier reposant sur la triade nom-prenom-surnom, le second proposant un seul nom, l'A. introduit l'idee de nom personnel afin de distinguer la tria nomina du cognomen. Examinant l'etymologie du nom designant celui qui louche, ainsi que sa genealogie…
The Expression "Our Times" in Strabo's Geography
Strabo, the Tiberian Author: Past, Present and Silence in Strabo's Geography
References in the text suggest that Strabo started writing the manuscript of the Geography in AD 17 or 18 and finished it in AD 23. Events current at that time affect Strabo's handling of his material. Three particular instances are explored in detail. First, Strabo makes no reference to Germanicus after describing his triumph of AD 17. Germanicus was well known for his subsequent settlement of affairs in Armenia, Cappadocia and Commagene in AD 1…
The Expression "Our Times" in Strabo's Geography
Strabo the Geographer: His Name and Its Meaning
Analyse de la signification du nom de Strabon le geographe, ne vers 60 ou 50 av JC, d'origine grecque mais jouissant de la citoyennete romaine. Comparant les systemes de nomination romain et grec, le premier reposant sur la triade nom-prenom-surnom, le second proposant un seul nom, l'A. introduit l'idee de nom personnel afin de distinguer la tria nomina du cognomen. Examinant l'etymologie du nom designant celui qui louche, ainsi que sa genealogie…
Strabo, the Tiberian Author: Past, Present and Silence in Strabo's Geography
References in the text suggest that Strabo started writing the manuscript of the Geography in AD 17 or 18 and finished it in AD 23. Events current at that time affect Strabo's handling of his material. Three particular instances are explored in detail. First, Strabo makes no reference to Germanicus after describing his triumph of AD 17. Germanicus was well known for his subsequent settlement of affairs in Armenia, Cappadocia and Commagene in AD 1…
Strabo's Cultural Geography: The Making of a Kolossourgia
Strabo and Homer: A chapter in cultural history
This paper discusses and explains Strabo's defence of Homer and thus evaluates Strabo's purpose and attitude to the poet particularly in view of the historical and cultural goals of his Geography . It is mainly in the Prolegomena (books one and two) that we see Strabo's approach toward various adversaries, as he justifies the significant presence of the most authoritative of all poets in his geographical work. In addition, I will try to identify …
Who is a barbarian? The barbarians in the ethnological and cultural taxonomies of Strabo
stranger : ‘... most people in this country ... separate the Hellenic race from all the rest as one, and to all the other races, which are countless in number and have no relation in blood or language to one another, they give the single name ‘barbarian’ ’. (Plato, Politicus 262d) The Geography of Strabo, the most comprehensive ethnographic work to survive from classical antiquity, is one of the main sources for a study of the ancient attitude to…
Kolossourgia . ‘A colossal statue of a work’
καθάπερ τε καὶ ἐν τοῖς κολοσσικοῖς ἔργοις οὐ τὸ καθ' ἕκαστον ἀκριβὲς ζητοῦμεν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς καθόλου προσέχομεν μᾶλλον, εἰ καλῶς τὸ ὅλον. οὕτως κἀν τούτοις δεῖ ποιεῖσθαι τὴν κρίσιν. κολοσσουργία γάρ τις καὶ αὐτή, τὰ μεγάλα φράζουσα πῶς ἔχει καὶ ὅλα, πλὴν εἴ τι κινεῖν δύναται καὶ τῶν μικρῶν τὸν φιλειδήμονα καὶ τὸν πραγματικόν. (1.1.23) Just as, in colossal statues, we do not seek detail in each individual part but rather pay attention to general aspec…
Greek geography and Roman empire: The transformation of tradition in Strabo's Euxine
In the seventeen books of Strabo's Geography , the Euxine or Black Sea region receives a lot of attention from the opening chapters onwards. Why so much? The question becomes still sharper when we observe Strabo's awareness of the sheer size of his work. His great text is like a colossal statue, as he puts it. There is an evident authorial pride in its scope and a claim to special quality to match the quantity, but Strabo also shows, sometimes ex…
The European provinces: Strabo as evidence
My research for this paper was prompted by the realisation that a reading of Strabo's Geography yields little impression of how the Roman world was divided and arranged into provinces. Strabo is often supposed to have been motivated in his work by the expansion of the Roman empire, and consequently he might be expected to have some considerable interest in its provincial structure. As it turns out, however, Strabo's remarks about the provinces ar…
Gender at the crossroads of empire: Locating women in Strabo's Geography
This project began as an attempt to outline the role of women in Strabo's Geography ; or, to speak more geographically, it began with a desire to determine the place women occupy in Strabo's account of the world. Given that women (with a few notable exceptions) remain relatively muted in Strabo's overall landscape, the topic initially seemed a straightforward one. Yet in working systematically through the Geography it soon becomes evident that St…
Ανδρες ἔνδοξοι or ‘men of high reputation’ in Strabo's Geography
In the prooemium to his Geography Strabo announces that, among other topics, he intends to supply information on the lives of ἄνδρες ἐπιφανεῖς. And in fact, numerous passages of his κολοσσουργία give praise to famous persons and briefly characterise them in connection with the description of certain poleis. These passages may be regarded as a typical feature of his cultural geography of Asia Minor and the Mediterranean world. Strabo honours promi…
Comparing Strabo with Pausanias: Greece in context vs. Greece in depth
Strabo and Pausanias both came from Roman Asia Minor and wrote extensive descriptions of Greece. This is where the similarities seem to end. Since the ‘rediscovery’ of Greece in the early nineteenth century, most scholars have admired Pausanias' detailed Periegesis as an excellent source and guide, while books eight and nine of Strabo's Geography have often been dismissed because, with some exceptions, they look superficial and at times inaccurat…
The foundation of Greek colonies and their main features in Strabo: A portrayal lacking homogeneity?
The Roman world of the first century bce , which provides not only the historical and political but also the cultural and ideological context of Strabo's work, is perceived and consequently described in the Geography as a complex overall picture to which all the qualities and methodological knowledge peculiar to the philosopher must be applied. Within this picture, individual details may be played down or omitted if they risk diverting the reader…
The Chambers of the Dead and the Gates of Darkness: A Glimmer of Political Criticism in Strabo's Geography (Strabo 14.5.4, 670 C, ll. 22-3, ed. Radt)
The prosecution of Caepio and Murena was a politically unpopular event from the early years of Augustus' reign. Strabo refers to the matter using a 'quoted quote' from Euripides. I look at possible conclusions to be drawn from Strabo's indirect way of handling his subject matter. I review the evidence for the date of the prosecution of Caepio and Murena. A bitter scholarly debate has led to the rejection of an early 23 BCE date. This legitimate r…
A Road Trip with Strabo: Memory and Composition in the Geography
A number of places that feature in Strabo’s description of the Asian peninsula were situated on the ancient road that ran between the Euphrates river and the city of Ephesus. It is likely that Strabo journeyed along the entire thousand-kilometre length of the road, even though he makes explicit reference to his presence in only a few locations. He most probably made the journey as a youth on his way to Roman Asia, in the south west of the peninsu…
Strabo's lived-in worlds: A conversation piece
The main themes addressed by the authors of this conversation piece are the following: why Strabo, a Greek geographer of the Augusto-Tiberian period, can still be relevant today in ongoing debates and how Strabo has shaped the world and his narrative of the world. Particular attention is paid to the tradition of Strabo’s Geography in the early modern period as well as to some of Strabo’s key concepts, such as chora and oikoumene (lived-in world)
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