Difference between revisions of "Talk:Stratoniche's Map"
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As for geography, I'm betting that 1-5 are Greek islands, 12 is Crete, and 13 is Cyprus. 11 is in the Euxine, and 9 and 10 are on the Caspian. I can't figure out 6 and 8, though they are probably Greek lakes or bays. 7 may be Rome, or at least in Italy. 18 looks to be in Persia or maybe India. This is obviously a sea-farer's map, since there are very few inland sites or details. | As for geography, I'm betting that 1-5 are Greek islands, 12 is Crete, and 13 is Cyprus. 11 is in the Euxine, and 9 and 10 are on the Caspian. I can't figure out 6 and 8, though they are probably Greek lakes or bays. 7 may be Rome, or at least in Italy. 18 looks to be in Persia or maybe India. This is obviously a sea-farer's map, since there are very few inland sites or details. | ||
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| + | Hal: The symbols (anyone with ancient Greek knows) are Greek numbers. Kerry is correct: gamma is five, delta is ten. http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/grk202/vocabulary/greek_numerals.html | ||
Revision as of 22:37, 26 April 2006
Kerry: Looks like a map of the Mediterranian with psuedo-roman numerals. (I=I, 7=V, triangle=X). That gives 18, or perhaps two sets of nine, given how many things appear in sets of nine these days.
As for geography, I'm betting that 1-5 are Greek islands, 12 is Crete, and 13 is Cyprus. 11 is in the Euxine, and 9 and 10 are on the Caspian. I can't figure out 6 and 8, though they are probably Greek lakes or bays. 7 may be Rome, or at least in Italy. 18 looks to be in Persia or maybe India. This is obviously a sea-farer's map, since there are very few inland sites or details.
Hal: The symbols (anyone with ancient Greek knows) are Greek numbers. Kerry is correct: gamma is five, delta is ten. http://mkatz.web.wesleyan.edu/grk202/vocabulary/greek_numerals.html
