[pbs] Hannonia, again

John Grimshaw j.grimshaw at virgin.net
Wed Aug 29 00:38:50 EDT 2007


A quick Google search suggest that Hannonius was a Roman geographer, who 
with someone called Arrianus wrote a work called Periplus. A periplus was a 
navigational guide for sailors. There is not much else on Google

You can buy a copy of a 1533 edition, together with works by other great 
Roman geographers Ptolemy, Pluutarch and Strabo, for 16000 euros
PTOLOMAEUS, Claudius. De Geographia libri Octo (graece), summa con 
vigilantia excusi. (Leg. con:) ARRIANUS & HANNONIUS: Periplus. PLUTARCUS. De 
fluminibus & montibus. STRABONIS epitome. Basileae, (Hieronymus Froben et 
Nicolaus Episcopius), 1533,

http://www.polybiblio.com/preliber/52.html



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hannon" <othonna at gmail.com>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 3:50 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Hannonia, again


> Alberto,
>
> I read somewhere that the name comes from a Roman outpost somewhere in
> its native range, called "Hannonius" or something similar.
> Unfortunately I can't recall where I read this and the original
> description of the genus gives no indication.
>
> Dylan
>
> On 8/28/07, Alberto Grossi <crinum at libero.it> wrote:
>> Hi all, I added further informations about Hannonia to the Hannonia page.
>> Does any of you know whre the name Hannonia comes from?
>> Thank you
>>
>> Alberto
>> Italy
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