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In sum, the author succeeds in presenting a fresh and sympathetic assessment of Pseudo-Skylax's contribution to philosophical geography whilst at the same time making this obscure text more widely accessible. This reviewer threfore has no doubt that the volume will become a standard reference tool for those wishing to study the history, geography and culture of the regions explored in the Periplous . <br>--Mark Woolmer Bryn Mawr Classical Review

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Graham Shipley is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Leicester. His work concentrates in the Late Classical and Hellenistic periods, and its main geographical focuses have been, first, the island of Samos and, more recently, the Peloponnese (especially Sparta and Laconia). He is a former Chair of the Council of University Classical Departments (CUCD) and of the British School at Athens Sparta and Laconia Committee. His many publications include The Greek World after Alexander: 323–30 BC (2000), shortlisted for the Runciman Prize in 2001, and The Early Hellenistic Peloponnese: Politics, Economies, and Networks, 338–197 BC (2018).

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