[Greek text, transliterated ‘Tes palai kai tes nyn Oikoumenes Periegesis.’] Sive Dionysii Geographia emendata & locupletata, additione scil. geographiæ hodiernæ Græco carmine pariter donatæ: cum 16 ta

£800 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

Dionysius Periegetes was a traveller in the Mediterranean world, active in about 130 A.D. He compiled a description of the Roman ‘oecumene’, written in Greek hexameter verse. Dionysius’ text was subsequently translated by Priscian of Caesarea in the sixth century, while printed editions, with commentary, appeared from

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