Geographers as Mythographers: The Case of Strabo
Journal: The Keep (Eastern Illinois University)
Year: 2013

the geographer, Strabo the historian.Yes.Strabo the mythographer?There are two compelling and closely related reasons why we should affirm that mythography is a present and indeed vital genre in his monumental work the Geography, aside from the fact that the term mythographia is first attested in Strabo. 2 The first has to do with the way ancient authors conceived of 'mythography' as a genre, the second with the ease with which Strabo slips into the company of such traditional mythographers as H