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Geography

Strabo

book · c. early 1st century CE

Strabo, Geography (Geographica).

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Hellenic religion

Antioch appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 16 seats Antioch on the Orontes as the great Seleucid and Roman-era Syrian city — size, suburb belt, and river plain — in the chorography of Syria. A named antioch in that traveler-compiler’s speech, not damascus as the inland Levantine keep-apart and not alexandria as the Egyptian coastal capital already walked.
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Damascus appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 16 seats Damascus among the inland Syrian cities of the plain — watered, wealthy, and distinct from the Orontes capital. A named damascus in that chorography, not antioch as the Orontes keep-apart and not tyre as the coastal Phoenician seat already walked.
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Petra appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 16 seats Petra as the Nabataean rock-cut capital in the Arabian logos — a metropolis in the cliff country of the incense routes. A named petra in that chorography, not palmyra as the Syrian oasis keep-apart refused here and not a modern tourist-ruin dump.
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Persepolis appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 15 seats Persepolis among the Persian royal seats of Persis — the ceremonial capital Alexander’s logos still names beside Susa. A named persepolis in that chorography, not susa as the lowland keep-apart already walked under Herodotus and not a modern nation dump.
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Pataliputra appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 15 seats Palibothra (Pataliputra) as the great Magadhan capital on the Ganges in the Indian logos drawn from Megasthenes and Alexander historians. A named pataliputra in that chorography, not taxila as the northwestern keep-apart and not mathura as the Yamuna seat.
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Taxila appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 15 seats Taxila among the northwestern Indian cities of the Alexander and Mauryan neighborhood — a learning and trade hinge inland from the Indus logos. A named taxila in that chorography, not pataliputra as the Ganges capital and not mathura as the Yamuna seat.
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Mathura appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 15 seats Methora (Mathura) among the Yamuna-side cities of the Indian logos beside Cleisobora in the Megasthenes neighborhood. A named mathura in that chorography, not pataliputra as the Ganges capital and not taxila as the northwestern hinge.
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Merv appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography seats Antioch in Margiana — the oasis city of the Margus — among the Central Asian chorography east of Parthia. A named merv under the later English oasis lemma continuous with that Margiana seat, not samarkand or bukhara as Timurid corridor neighbors and not a Silk-Road romance dump alone.
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Periplus appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography Books 1–2 and the coastal books treat the periplus — the ordered coastal sailing account of ports and distances — as a working form of geographic report beside inland chorography. A named periplus in that Hellenic geography speech, not itinerary as the inland route-list alone and not a later travelogue dump.
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Mausoleum appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography seats the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus among the monumental tombs of Asia Minor and names freestanding tomb buildings in the chorography of wonders and cities. A named mausoleum in that survey’s monumental-tomb neighborhood, not tomb as the generic grave already walked and not cenotaph-place as an empty memorial.
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Entrepot is historically related to Harbor.
Strabo’s Geography seats staple ports and redistributing emporia where goods are gathered and sent on — Alexandria, Massalia-class, and Black Sea hinges among them — as harbor trade fabric in the chorography. A named entrepot continuous with that staple-port speech, not emporium as the Herodotus market-seat already walked and not port as any harbor town alone.
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Oyster Bed is historically related to Harbor.
Strabo’s Geography notes oyster shores and beds among coastal resources at named harbors and lagoons in the Mediterranean chorography. A named oyster-bed continuous with that shore-harvest speech beside harbor seats, not mudflat as bare tide-mud already walked under Herodotus and not fishpond as inland culture.
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Plateau is historically related to Mountain.
Strabo’s Geography seats raised flat highlands — Armenian, Iranian, and Iberian tablelands among them — as highland country distinct from peaked mountain chains in the chorography. A named plateau continuous with that tableland speech toward mountain country, not peak as a summit alone already walked under Pausanias and not prairie as a New-World grass plain refused here.
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Shoal appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography marks shallow sand and mud banks that endanger or shape sailing approaches in the coastal books — shoal speech beside reefs and kept channels. A named shoal in that navigational chorography, not reef as hard rock or coral shelf and not fairway as the kept deep channel.
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Reef is historically related to Island.
Strabo’s Geography marks hard rock and reef shelves about islands and coasts that ships must clear in the island and Red Sea/Indian chorographies. A named reef continuous with that hard-shelf hazard toward island shores, not shoal as soft shallow bank and not atoll as a Pacific ring refused here.
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Fairway appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography describes the kept navigable channel through shoals into harbors among coastal sailing directions — deep water held for ships beside the banks. A named fairway in that channel speech under later English harbor naming, not shoal as the bank itself and not coastal-sound as a long shore passage alone.
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Inlet is historically related to Gulf.
Strabo’s Geography seats lesser shore indents that open from larger gulfs and seas in the coastal chorography — inlet speech beside gulf and bay. A named inlet continuous with that indent toward gulf country, not embayment as a broader bay form and not estuary as a river mouth already walked under Herodotus.
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Embayment is historically related to Gulf.
Strabo’s Geography describes broader curved bay openings along coasts as embayed gulf country in the chorography. A named embayment continuous with that bay-opening speech toward gulf, not inlet as a lesser indent and not bight as a wide open curve alone.
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Sand Spit is historically related to Beach.
Strabo’s Geography marks narrow sand tongues and spits built along beaches and lagoon mouths in the coastal books. A named sand-spit continuous with that beach-tongue speech, not shoal as a submerged bank and not tombolo as a modern tied-island bar refused here.
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Tidal Flat is historically related to Marsh.
Strabo’s Geography seats tide-uncovered flats along certain shores and estuaries among wetland and coastal speech — flats that drain and flood with the tide. A named tidal-flat continuous with that tide-flat toward marsh country, not mudflat as the Herodotus Nile/shore mud seat alone and not lagoon as enclosed water already walked.
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Bight is historically related to Gulf.
Strabo’s Geography describes wide open coastal curves — bights of sea held by the land — among gulf and bay openings in the chorography. A named bight continuous with that open-curve speech toward gulf, not inlet as a narrow indent and not embayment as a deeper bay pocket alone.
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Creek Mouth is historically related to Estuary.
Strabo’s Geography marks where lesser tidal creeks and channels open into larger estuaries and harbors in the coastal books. A named creek-mouth continuous with that opening toward estuary, not inlet as a broader indent and not estuary as the whole river-mouth already walked under Herodotus.
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Coastal Sound appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography seats long coastal water passages between mainland and islands or along island chains — sound-like fairways in the Aegean and peer chorographies — distinct from a single narrow strait gate. A named coastal-sound in that passage speech, not strait as the narrow sea-gate already walked and not fairway as the dredged harbor channel alone.
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Mangrove Shore is historically related to Delta.
Strabo’s Geography marks tree-held tidal shores and channels on the Red Sea and toward Indian coasts — mangrove neighborhood under later botanical naming — among deltaic and lagoonal chorography. A named mangrove-shore continuous with that tree-fringe toward delta country, not jungle as inland dense growth and not salt-marsh as herb marsh alone.
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Mineral spring appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography seats springs notable for dissolved minerals and waters among Italian and other chorographies — mineral-water speech beside ordinary springs. A named mineral-spring in that survey, not hot-spring as heat alone already walked at Thermopylae under Herodotus and not sacred-spring-place as Pausanias sanctuary water.
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Lower Town appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography repeatedly splits cities into the lower town and the high fortified or sacred half in the chorography of Hellenic and peer seats. A named lower-town in that split-settlement speech, not upper-town as the high half and not acropolis as the sacred high seat alone.
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Upper Town is historically related to Acropolis.
Strabo’s Geography seats the high or fortified half of split towns in continuity with acropolis speech — the upper town above the lower fabric. A named upper-town continuous with that high-half toward the published acropolis hub, not lower-town as the downhill half and not citadel as a bare fortress lemma already walked under Herodotus.
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Warehouse is historically related to Harbor.
Strabo’s Geography seats storehouses for trade goods at staple harbors and emporia — bulk storage beside the water in the chorography of ports. A named warehouse continuous with that harbor-store speech, not granary as grain storage already walked under Herodotus and not arsenal as a weapons works refused here.
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Outskirts appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography marks the bare edge of cities beyond wall and suburb belt — outskirts speech at the margin of chorography before open country. A named outskirts in that margin neighborhood, not suburb as the settled outer belt and not villa-suburb as the villa-garden belt.
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Old Town appears in Hellenic religion.
Strabo’s Geography distinguishes older cores of cities from later additions and suburbs in the chorography of long-lived seats. A named old-town in that historic-core speech under later English naming, not lower-town as the downhill half and not acropolis as the sacred high seat alone.
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Seawall is historically related to Harbor.
Strabo’s Geography notes built sea walls and moles that hold harbors against swell in the coastal chorography of engineered shores. A named seawall continuous with that harbor-wall speech, not breakwater as the Vitruvius mole pad already walked and not embankment as the Herodotus Nile bank already walked.
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Roman religion

Pompeii appears in Roman religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 5 seats Pompeii among the Campanian towns on the bay below Vesuvius — a living Sarnus-port seat in the Italian chorography, written before the later eruption that preserves the ruins. A named pompeii in that survey, not herculaneum as the sister coastal keep-apart and not rome as the capital alone.
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Herculaneum appears in Roman religion.
Strabo’s Geography Book 5 seats Herculaneum on the same Vesuvian Campanian shore as Pompeii — a coastal town in the Italian chorography before the later burial. A named herculaneum in that survey, not pompeii as the larger neighbor and not a bare bay-tourism dump.
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Villa Suburb is historically related to Rome.
Strabo’s Geography Books 5–6 seats the Campanian and Roman villa belts — outer houses and gardens beyond denser fabric — in the Italian chorography around the capital and bay. A named villa-suburb continuous with that outer-villa speech toward Rome, not suburb as the generic outer belt and not a single villa house lemma.
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Suburb is historically related to Rome.
Strabo’s Geography seats the προάστειον — settlement outside the older wall-core still tied to the city — in the chorography of Rome and other great towns. A named suburb continuous with that extramural belt toward Rome, not villa-suburb as the villa-garden belt alone and not outskirts as the bare edge.
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Circus Maximus Form appears in Roman religion.
Strabo’s Geography on Rome seats the Circus Maximus among the capital’s spectacle fabric — the long U-shaped race course with spina and stands. A named circus-maximus-form in that Roman civic chorography, not hippodrome as the Greek horse course already walked under Pausanias/Herodotus and not amphitheater as the oval bowl.
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Amphitheater appears in Roman religion.
Strabo’s Geography of Italy seats oval spectacle bowls among Roman and Italian civic fabric — amphitheater speech beside theater and circus in the Augustan-era chorography. A named amphitheater in that survey, not theater-place as a stage-facing playhouse already walked under Pausanias and not stadium as an athletic track alone.
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Milestone place appears in Roman religion.
Strabo’s Geography measures Roman roads by miles and marked distances from the capital — milestone speech in the Italian and provincial road chorography. A named milestone-place in that road-measure neighborhood under later place naming, not staging-post as the Herodotus Royal Road relay already walked and not road as the Pausanias itinerary path alone.
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