Strabo quotes
Strabo was an ancient Greek geographer, philosopher, and historian, best known for his influential work "Geographica." His writings provide valuable information about the world as known to the Greeks and Romans. He greatly contributed to our understanding of ancient geography and the cultures of his era. Here are 4 of his quotes:
Three classes inhabited the city (Alexandria in Egypt): first the Aegyptian or native stock of people, who were quick-tempered and not inclined to civil life; and secondly the mercenary class, who were severe and numerous and intractable...; and, third, the tribe of the Alexandrians, who also were not distinctly inclined to civil life, and for the same reasons, but still they were better than those others, for even though they were a mixed people, still they were Greeks by origin and mindful of the customs common to the Greeks.
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The Aegean sea washes Greece on two sides: first, the side that faces towards the east and stretches from Sunium, towards the north as far as the Thermaean Gulf and Thessaloniceia, a Macedonian city...; and secondly, the side that faces towards the south, I mean the Macedonian country, extending from Thessaloniceia as far as the Strymon.
Strabo
Strabo
Occupation: Greek Geographer
Born: 64 BC
Died: 23
Quotes count: 4
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