Periplus of Pseudo-Scylax and the Greek coastal periplus tradition (4th century BCE)

1. Periplus-style geography emerges in Ionia

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Ionia, Greek sailors

   • EBSCO
   • Early Maps

2. Hecataeus writes a coastal “world survey”

   Jan 1, 500 BCELabels: Hecataeus of

   • EBSCO
   • Early Maps

3. Scylax’s name becomes a marker of navigational authority

   Jan 1, 480 BCELabels: Scylax of

   • Scylax
   • Ps Scylax

4. Periplus genre crystallizes as a practical coastal guide

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Periplus genre

   • Periplus
   • Ps Scylax

5. Herodotus preserves evidence of early voyage reporting

   Jan 1, 440 BCELabels: Herodotus

   • Scylax
   • Ps Scylax

6. Pseudo-Scylax composes a Mediterranean–Black Sea periplus

   Jan 1, 330 BCELabels: Pseudo-Scylax, Mediterranean periplus

   • Cambridge
   • Ps Scylax
   • Ps Scylax

7. Periplus becomes a tool for measuring coasts conceptually

   Jan 1, 325 BCELabels: Coastal measurement

   • Cambridge
   • Ps Scylax

8. Work is misattributed to the explorer Scylax

   Jan 1, 300 BCELabels: Misattribution, Pseudo-Scylax

   • Ps Scylax
   • Scylax

9. Late antique compilers help transmit periplus texts

   Jan 1, 500Labels: Late Antiquity

   • BMCR
   • Ps Scylax

10. Medieval “Pithou” manuscript preserves Pseudo-Scylax

    Jan 1, 1201Labels: Pithou manuscript, Parisinus suppl

    • Ps Scylax

11. First printed edition publishes the periplus in Augsburg

    Jan 1, 1600Labels: First printed, David Hoeschel

    • Ps Scylax

12. Karl Müller’s *Geographi Graeci Minores* standardizes the text

    Jan 1, 1855Labels: Karl M, Geographi Graeci

    • Cambridge
    • Perseus

13. Shipley publishes a modern English edition and commentary

    Jan 1, 2011Labels: Graham Shipley, Modern edition

    • BMCR
    • Cambridge CR