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Graham Shipley is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. His work concentrates in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods, and its main geographical focuses have been, first, the island of Samos and, more recently, the Peloponnese (especially Sparta and Laconia). He is a former Chair of the Council of University Classical Departments (CUCD) and of the British School at Athens Sparta and Laconia Committee. His many publications include The Greek World after Alexander: 323–30 BC (2000), shortlisted for the Runciman Prize in 2001, and The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks, 338–197 BC (2018).
'. . . offers a wealth of geographical, ethnographical and
historical information . . . strikes a happy balance between
introductory remarks and depth of coverage . . . Through the
scholarly weight of his commentary and his clear presentation of
the text and its issues, Shipley has succeeded in making the
Periplous accessible and relevant, while setting the bar high for
future editions of ancient geographers. . . . Shipley's masterly
new edition makes the text available to classicists and historians
interested in Mediterranean geography and in intellectual pursuits
in the late Greek classical era.'
F. Racine, Classical Review 63, 1 (2013)
'Shipley has produced a most valuable edition of a hitherto
little-read text. He encourages sympathetic and productive
engagement with an enigmatic work that spans different
intellectual, historical and geographical contexts. In this, he has
done a service not only to the unknown author of the text, but also
to those who are interested in the history of the Mediterranean
world, the intellectual milieu of the fourth century BC and the
geographical tradition.'
K. Clarke, Journal of Hellenic Studies (2013)
'Stylishly produced and generously illustrated . . . succeeds in
presenting a fresh and sympathetic assessment . . . at the same
time making this obscure text more widely accessible . . . will
become a standard reference tool.'
M. Woolmer, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2012
'The introduction, concise and clear, establishes the dossier of
information available about the Period of the inhabited earth, all
highlighting the gaps in our knowledge. [...] Philologists,
historians of Antiquity in general and ancient geography in
particular will certainly be delighted to have a pseudo-Skylax,
faithfully restored, translated and commented on.'
Monique Mund-Dopchie, L'antiquit� classique (Translated from
French)
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