Format:
Online-Ressource (X, 474 S.)
ISBN:
9783110219630
Series Statement:
Corpus Fontium Historiae Byzantinae – Series Berolinensis 43/3
Content:
Main description: This encyclopaedia, compiled around 530 AD,isessentially the Byzantine Encyclopaedia Britannica of the ancient world. It lists some 3,600 names of places, mountains, lakes, rivers, waters, and peoples, explaining their origins and derivations.The foundation myths and wealth of cultural historical information contained in it make it a source text for polis research; in addition, it is a treasure trove of quotations andliterary fragments.
Content:
Biographical note: Margarethe Billerbeck, Universität Fribourg, Switzerland.
Content:
Description for reader: [Getr. Zähl.]
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110219647
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110369366
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111734620
Language:
German
DOI:
10.1515/9783110219647
