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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 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 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 begins with the most recent edition. All editions were
initially intended to cover the entire seventeen books of the Geography.
Not all achieved their goal. Consequently, some fall short of the full
seventeen books.
RADT, S.L., ed. and tr. Strabons Geographika. Vols. 1-10 (publication currently nearing
completion). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2002-. Greek text with full critical apparatus and German translation. For
further information, see 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
Vol. 7 (2008) contains commentary on Books 9-13
Vol. 8 (2009) contains commentary on Book 14-17
Note the Corrigenda listed at
the end of volumes 2-8. Reviews: Pothecary (BMCR 2003.07.08); Dorandi (2005); Nadig (BMCR 2006.12.24).
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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