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Description of Greece, Volume III

Books 6–8.21
By Pausanias
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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Description of Greece, Volume III by Pausanias offers a detailed topographical guide of ancient Greece. Written in the 2nd century CE, it combines descriptions of art, architecture, and historical events across regions such as Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece. Pausanias' observations are notably accurate, supported by surviving monuments and ruins.
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Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), one of the Roman world s great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand today.

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Pausanias, born probably in Lydia in Asia Minor, was a Greek of the 2nd century CE, approximately 120–180, who travelled widely not only in Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa, but also in Greece and Italy, including Rome. He left a description of Greece in ten books, resembling a topographical guidebook or tour of Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece, enriched with historical accounts, events, and digressions on facts and wonders of nature.

His chief interest was the monuments of art and architecture, especially the most famous of them; the accuracy of his descriptions of these is proved by surviving remains.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of Description of Greece is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index.

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780674993006

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 January 1933

Country: United States

Imprint: Harvard University Press

Contributors:

  • Translated by W. H. S. Jones
  • Translated by W. H. S. Jones
  • Translated by W. H. S. Jones
  • Translated by William Henry Samuel Jones

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 108.0mm

Height: 162.0mm

Weight: 295g

Pages: 448

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Ancient & Classical History Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Pausanias Series: Loeb Classical Library

About the Author

William Henry Samuel Jones (1876–1963) was an ancient historian and President of St Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

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