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Description of Greece, Volume I
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Series: Loeb Classical Library
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This book is ideal for readers interested in classical studies, ancient history, archaeology, and cultural travel. It suits those who appreciate detailed historical guides and the art and architecture of ancient Greece.
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, about 120–180, who travelled widely not only in Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa, but also in Greece and in Italy, including Rome.
He left a description of Greece in ten books, which is like a topographical guidebook or tour of Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece, filled out with historical accounts and 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, Volume I is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index.
Series: Loeb Classical Library
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ISBN: 9780674991040
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 January 1918
Country: United States
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Contributors:
- Translated by W. H. S. Jones
- Translated by W. H. S. Jones
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 108.0mm
Height: 162.0mm
Weight: 386g
Pages: 496
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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