Strabo: Geography, Books 10-12 (Loeb Classical Library No. 211)

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THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO V

THE GEOGRAPHY OF STRABO WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY

HORACE LEONARD JONES,

Ph.D., LL.D.

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CONTENTS PAGE

BOOK X

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BOOK

XI

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BOOK

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345

APPENDIX, ON THE ITHACA-LEUCAS PROBLEM

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A PARTIAL DICTIONARY OF

PROPER NAMES MAPS

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MINOR AND SYRIA SUPERIOR

ARMENIA AND ADJACENT REGIONS

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