Strabo

[ strey-boh ]

/ ˈstreɪ boʊ /

noun

63? b.c.–a.d. 21?, Greek geographer and historian.

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Examples from the Web for strabo

The mouse-name ‘Smintheus’ was given to Apollo in all the places mentioned by Strabo, ‘and many others.’
Custom and Myth|Andrew Lang
Strabo speaks of the practice, as if it subsisted in his time.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant
Early Greece worshipped an oak tree, which Strabo, however, assures us was a beech.
Myths of the Rhine|X. B. Saintine
In this last interval are the six islands of which Strabo speaks.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo

Strabo's—or rather Artemidorus'—parallel is the same as that of the Orphic poem, and, probably, is referrible to the same source.
The Ethnology of the British Islands|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for strabo

Strabo

/ (ˈstreɪbəʊ) /

noun

?63 bc –?23 ad, Greek geographer and historian, noted for his Geographica

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