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Pausanias


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Pausanias (/pɔːˈseɪniəs/; Greek: Παυσανίας Pausanías; c. AD 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the 2nd century AD, who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος περιήγησις Hellados Periegesis) a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from firsthand observations, and is a crucial link between classical literature and modern archaeology

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Guide to Greece, Volume 1: ...

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Ελλάδος Περιήγησις Α: Αττικά

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Description of Greece vol 4...

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“No matter how many things women suffer, nothing can take away their appetite for trouble.”
Pausanias

“Destiny obscures human purposes like everything else human, just as if it were a muddy river-bottom swallowing pebbles.”
Pausanias, Guide to Greece, Volume 2: Southern Greece

“As to the age of Hesiod and Homer, I have conducted very careful researches into this matter, but I do not like to write on the subject, as I know the quarrelsome nature of those especially who constitute the modern school of epic criticism.”
Pausanias, Complete Works

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