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All the works listed below are editions in the sense that they contain the
Greek text of the Geography. Most of the editions listed below are
critical editions, i.e. they are based on a comparison of the thirty or so
manuscripts of the Geography which survive.
The editor of a critical edition notes where the wording of one manuscript
differs from the wording in other manuscripts and makes a decision as to
which wording is more likely to have featured in the original. The edited
text reflects these decisions, with a record of rejected wording provided at
the foot of each page in the critical apparatus. Sometimes, even where the manuscripts
agree with each other, the editor may have reason to believe that their
wording differs from the original, since the process of copying and recopying
from antiquity to the Middle Ages has inevitably produced errors of
transcription. On the other hand, some errors may go back to Strabo himself.
For the history of attempts, over the last century and a half, to produce a
critical edition of all seventeen books of the Geography, see Radt
(1991) and Brodersen (2003).
This following list of editions begins with the most recent. All were
initially intended to cover the entire seventeen books of the Geography.
Not all achieved their goal. Consequently, some editions listed below fall
short of the full seventeen books.
RADT, S.L., ed. and tr. Strabons Geographika.
Vols. 1-10 (currently in the process of publication). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck
& Ruprecht, 2002 - ongoing. Greek text with full critical apparatus and
German translation. For further details, see the information provided by Vandenhoeck and
Ruprecht and the website of J.W. Drijvers at the university of Groningen.
For articles explaining the methodology of the new edition, see Radt (1991),
(1993), (1994), (1995) and (1996).
Vol. 1
(2002) contains Books 1-4
Vol. 2
(2003) contains Books 5-8
Vol. 3
(2004) contains Books 9-13
Vol. 4
(2005) contains Books 14-17
Vol. 5
(2006) contains commentary on Books 1-4
Vol. 6
(2007) contains commentary on Books 5-8
Note the Corrigenda listed at the end of volumes 2-6. Reviews: Pothecary
(2003) (online at BMCR
2003.07.08); Dorandi (2005).
AUJAC, GERMAINE; LASSERRE, FRANÇOIS; BALADIÉ, RAOUL, eds and trs. Strabon.
Géographie. Vols 1-9, containing Books 1-12. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1966-96 [Association
Guillaume Budé]. Greek text with full critical
apparatus, French translation and notes. Note that the volumes were
not published in order: Vol. 1, part 1, containing Book 1, and Vol. 1, part
2, containing Book 2, were published in 1969; Vol. 2, containing Books 3-4,
was published in 1966; Vol. 3, containing Books 5-6, was published in 1967;
Vol. 4, containing Book 7, was published in 1989; Vol. 5, containing Book 8,
was published in 1978; Vol. 6, containing Book 9, was published in 1996; Vol.
7, containing Book 10, was published in 1971; Vol. 8, containing Book 11, was
published in 1975; Vol. 9, containing Book 12, was published in 1981. There
are no plans to publish volumes containing the remaining Books (Books 13-17).
SBORDONE, FRANCISCUS, ed. Strabonis Geographica. Vols 1-3,
containing Books 1-9. Rome:
Typis publicae officinae polygraphicae, 1963-70 [Scriptores Graeci et
Latini Consilio Academiae Lynceorum editi]. Greek text with full critical apparatus. Vol. 1, containing Books
1-2, was published in 1963; Vol. 2, containing Books 4-6, was published in
1970; Vol. 3, containing Books 7-9, was prepared for publication after
Sbordone’s death by S.M. Medaglia and published in 2002. For a review
of Vol. 3, see Brodersen (2003). The posthumous publication of Vol. 3 marks
the termination of the Sbordone edition of Strabo’s Geography.
ALY, WOFGANG, ed. Strabonis Geographica. Vols 1-2, containing Books
1-6, prepared for publication after Aly’s death by E. Kirsten and F.
Lapp. Bonn:
Rudolph Habelt, 1968-72 [Antiquitas 1:9 and 1:19]. Greek text with
full critical apparatus. Vol. 4 Strabon
von Amaseia, Bonn:
Rudolph Habelt, 1957 [Antiquitas 1:5], is a commentary by Aly on
textual questions and the sources and composition of the Geography.
JONES, HORACE L., ed. and tr. The Geography of
Strabo. Vols 1-8, containing Books 1-17. Harvard University
Press and Heinemann, 1917-32 [Loeb Classical Library]. Revised,
reprinted several times. Greek text based on Meineke (1852-53) with some
textual notes but no critical apparatus, and English translation. The
translation was originally undertaken by J.R. Sitlington Sterrett, but was
taken over by H.L. Jones after Sterrett’s death. The English
translation is partially (Books 6-14) available online through Perseus. The English translation is being made available
online in its entirety through LacusCurtius.
MÜLLER, CARL, and DÜBNER, FRIEDRICH, eds and trs. Strabonis Geographica
graece cum versione reficta. Books 1-17. Paris: Didot, 1853-58 [Scriptorum Graecorum
Bibliotheca]. Greek text with Latin translation. There is no apparatus at
the foot of each page, but an index of variant readings is given.
MEINEKE, AUGUST, ed. Strabonis Geographica.
Vols 1-3, containing Books 1-17. Leipzig:
Teubner, 1852-53 [Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum
Teubneriana]. Reprinted several times. Greek text, with no critical
apparatus, but at the beginning of each volume is a list of variations from
Kramer (1844-52). The Greek text partially (Books 6-14) available online
through Perseus is based on an 1877 reprint of Meineke’s
text.
KRAMER, GUSTAV, ed. Strabonis Geographica. Editio Minor. Vols 1-2,
containing Books 1-17. Berlin,
1952. This short edition contains the Greek text only, without the critical
apparatus, of Kramer’s earlier (1844-52) edition.
KRAMER, GUSTAV, ed. Strabonis Geographica. Vols 1-3, containing
Books 1-17. Berlin:
Friedericus Nicolaus, 1844-52. Greek text with full critical
apparatus.
For editions before Kramer (1844-52), see the bibliographies provided by
Biraschi (1981) and Diller (1975).
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