A DICTIONARY OF
GREEK AND ROMAN GEOGRAPHY.
BY VARIOUS WRITERS.
Illustrated with Coins, Plans of Cities, Districts and Battles,
&c.
EDITED BY WILLIAM SMITH, LL.D., Editor of the Dictionaries of
"Greek and Roman Antiquities," and of "Biography and Mythology."
Although for the sake of uniformity, it is called a Dictionary of
_Greek_ and _Roman_ Geography, it will be in reality a Dictionary
of _Ancient_ Geography, including even Scriptural Names. At
present there does not exist, either in the English or in the
German languages, any work on Ancient Geography sufficiently
comprehensive and accurate to satisfy the demands of modern
scholarship. And yet there are few subjects connected with
antiquity for which we have such ample materials. The discoveries
of modern travellers, as well as the researches of modern
scholars, have, within the last few years, added greatly to our
knowledge of Ancient Geography; and it will be the aim of the
Editor to present, in the present work, the results of their
labours in this important branch of Classical Antiquity.
The work will, of course, not be confined to a barren description
of the geography of countries and of the sites of places; but it
will also include an account of the political history, both of
countries and of cities. An attempt will likewise be made to
trace, as far as possible, the history of the more important
buildings of the cities, and to give an account of their present
condition, wherever they still exist.
[Star symbol] To appear in Quarterly Parts, and to form One Volume,
Medium 8vo.
London: TAYLOR, WALTON, and MABERLY, 28. Upper Gower Street, and
27. Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; and JOHN MURRAY, Albemarle Street.