Description of Greece, Vol. III: Books 6-8.21

Loeb Pausanius

by Pausanias, William Henry Samuel Jones (Translator)

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 Pausanias is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index.

Genres: History, Classics

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1933

About the author

born circa 110
died circa 180

Pausanias, geographer and historian, wrote Description of Greece , a valuable source on the ancient topography.

This traveler of the 2nd century lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. From firsthand observations, his famous lengthy work crucially links classical literature and modern archaeology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausani...

Reviews

[Sara Falk]

Read the entire work for my thesis, they're very helpful for anyone interested in Greek sanctuaries.

In vol. 3 Pausanias gets into an argument with another visitor, and proceeds to narrate this exchange. Tiktok has made us lazy, if you want to have drama I challenge you to write it down and publish it for all of Greece to read.
Pausanias also gets scammed, when he, upon visiting a tomb highly praised by Homer, remarks that the place is "a mound of earth of no great size" 2/5 stars. He does forgive Homer, remarking that ofc Homer admired the place, he just hadn't seen the awesome tombs of Pausanias time.

[Elo-Mall Toomet]

Arcadia.

[Per · Rating 4 out of 5]

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