Preface
The following version of the Geetica of Jordanes is based upon the text of Mommsen, as found in the Monumenta Germaniæ Historica, Auctores Antiquissimi 5 (Berlin 1882). I have adhered closely to his spelling of proper names, especially the Gothic nammes, except in the case of very few words which are in common use in another form (such as Gaiseric and Belisarius)
I wish to express my sincere thanks to Dean Andrew F. West of the Princeton Graduate School for his unfailing interest in my work. It was in one of his graduate courses that the translation was begun, three years ago, and at his suggestion that I undertook the composition of the thesis in its present form. He has read the entire treatise in the manuscript, and has been my constant adviser and critic. Thanks are also due to Dr. Charles G. Osgood of the English Department of Princeton University for reading the translation.
Classical Seminary,
Princeton University,
July 1908.
