The Periplus of Hanno, Commentary by Prof. M. S. Megalommatis

This video features the Commentary (Σχόλια) of the Modern Greek edition of Hanno’s Periplus, by Prof. Megalommatis. Άννωνος Περίπλους, έκδοση Μουχάμαντ Σαμσαντίν Μεγαλομμάτη The Periplus of Hanno, King of the Carthaginians, and explorations of West Africa before 2450 years Online edition: Published in Greek, in 1991 (STOHASTIS Publishing House, Athens - Greece), 112 p., the book consists in a historical presentation of the brief Carthaginian text that has not been saved in its original, but in an Ancient Greek translation (656 words). The book starts with a Preface about the ancient travelers and navigators; in that part the author describes how people perceived the World in the Antiquity, how they conceived the Earth as flat surface, and what meant for the Mediterranean navigators the eventuality of a faraway trip. Continue here: