Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax

As a pseudo - Skylax the author of an ancient Periplous (coastal description) is called in Greek, bears the following title: " Περίπλους τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς οἰκουμένης Εὐρώπης καὶ Ἀσίας καὶ Λιβύης " ( "Coastal description of the sea of the inhabited parts of Europe, Asia and Africa " ). As the author of sailors Skylax is specified ( by Karyanda ), but the work is the opinion of the research at a later compilation of periploi and / or reports from the 4th century BC

Text output

• Karl Otfried Müller: geographical Graeci Minores (GGM ). Paris 1855. Pp. 15-96 (reprint Olms, Hildesheim 1990. ISBN 3-487-09218-2 ).
• Patrick Counillon: Pseudo - Skylax: le Périple du Pont- Euxin. Texts, traduction, commentaire philologique et historique. Ausonius, Bordeaux 2004, ISBN 2-910023-47-8.
• Graham Shipley: Pseudo - Skylax 's Periplous. The Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World. Text, Translation and Commentary. Bristol Phoenix Press, Exeter, 2011, ISBN 978-1-904675-83-9.