The Shelves · Natural science
Geographika
Γεωγραφικά
Known · Attestedin Alexandria?Conjecturedvery likely class
I · The entry, in his form
In the table of Natural science
Conjecturedvery likely classc. 276–194 BCE. The Suda says Ptolemy III summoned him from Athens. P.Oxy.
Geographika
Γεωγραφικά
Opening words not preserved.
Length: not counted
Above, his entry form, filled from what we know. Below, ours.
II · Does it survive? Where to read it
Survives in fragments
Reconstructed from Strabo's books 1-2 and other citations.
Was it in Alexandria?
Known · AttestedWritten in Alexandria.
In the cupboard: written at Alexandria by a scholar or court writer a source places there.
Read it today
- Strabo books 1-2, Greek with English (Scaife Viewer) · original and translation · link checked 31 Oct 2026
- Jones, Strabo I (books 1-2) (public-domain Loeb scan, PDF) · a translation · link checked 31 Oct 2026
III · In the show
The show has not yet spoken of this work.
IV · Sources and the living entry
Ancient references
- Strabo 1-2
Modern scholarship (2)
- D. W. Roller, Eratosthenes' Geography (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010)
- K. Geus, Eratosthenes von Kyrene: Studien zur hellenistischen Kultur- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Munich: C. H. Beck, 2002)
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