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Pausanias
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ancient Greek geographer, travel writer and mythographer
Pausanias was an ancient Greek writer who traveled throughout Greece and wrote detailed descriptions of the places he visited, including their geography, landmarks, and mythological histories. His writings are important because they provide historians and archaeologists with valuable firsthand accounts of ancient Greek sites and culture that help us understand how Greeks lived and what they valued.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- active approximately 150
- Died
- 175
- Works
- 169
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Description of Greece
· 1918 · cited 118x
- Des Pausanias ausführliche Reisebeschreibung von Griechenland Band 3, Teil 2
· 1799
- Graeciae descriptio, Libri V-VIII
· 1990
- Des Pausanias ausführliche Reisebeschreibung von Griechenland Teil 1, Band 1
· 1798
- Graeciae descriptio, Libri I-IV
· 1989
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Quotes
- “They say that these were the tribes collected by Amphiktyon himself in the Greek Assembly: … the Macedonians joined and the entire Phocian race … In my day there were thirty members: six each from Nikopolis, Macedonia and Thessaly...”
- “The Phocians were deprived of their share in the Delphic sanctuary and in the Greek assembly, and their votes were given by the Amphictyons to the Macedonians.”
- “Belistiche, a woman from the coast of Macedonia, won with the pair of foals … at the hundred and twenty-ninth Olympics.”
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Pausanias, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Pausaniae Historici Praeclarissimi Commentariorum Graeciam describentium, Attica & Corinthiaca [Texto impreso]
Pausanias ou Voyage historique de la Grece [Texto impreso]
Pausanias ou Voyage historique de la Grece [Texto impreso]
Pausaniae by Florentiss. Veteris Graeciae Regionibus Commentarii a Romulo Amasaeo,... conversi, cum indice et rerum et verborum [Printed text]
Pausaniou tes Hellados Periegesis = hoc est, Pausaniae Accurata Graeciae Descriptio qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur
Roma, Biblioteca Angelica, Manoscritti greci, Ang. gr. 103
Pausaniou tes Hellados periegesis. Hoc est, Pausaniae accurata Graeciae descriptio, qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur: a Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata. Accesserunt Annotationes, quae a G. Xylandro paulo ante obitum inchoatae, nunc vero a Frid. Sylb. continuatae, ... Addita etiam doctissima Romuli Amasaei versio, a plurimis & ipsa mendis vindicata, ... Appendice quoque aucta est haec Pausaniou tes Hellados periegesis, ... Cum tribus rerum & verborum indicibus amplissimis
![Pavsaniae De tota Graecia libri decem, qvibvs non solvm vrbivm sitvs, locorumq [ue] interualla accuratè the status of copios](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__5_B_000074__1KE0ZC6-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
Pavsaniae De tota Graecia libri decem, qvibvs non solvm vrbivm sitvs, locorumq [ue] interualla accuratè the status of copios
![PAVSANIAE DE TOta Graecia Libri decem, QVIBVS NON SOLVM VRBIVM SITVS, LOCOrumq[ue] interualla accurate est complexus, sed Regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, Rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus a nemine in linguam latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primum in lucem editi /](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fimagines.manuscriptorium.com%2Floris%2FNKCR__-NKCR__B_II_000132_3GUU2Q7-cs%2FIMG00000001%2Ffull%2F!400%2C400%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
PAVSANIAE DE TOta Graecia Libri decem, QVIBVS NON SOLVM VRBIVM SITVS, LOCOrumq[ue] interualla accurate est complexus, sed Regum etiam familias, bellorum causas & euentus, sacrorum ritus, Rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus a nemine in linguam latinam conuersi, nuncq[ue] primum in lucem editi /
Pausaniou tes Hellados periegesis, hoc est, Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio accurata, qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur
Pausaniae de tota Graecia libri decem quibus non solum vrbium situs, locorumq interualla Pest complexus, sed regum etiam families, bellorum causes & euentus, sacrorum ritus, rerumpub. status copiose descripsit: hactenus a nemine in linguam latinam conuersi, nuncq primum in lucem editi
Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate edita
Pausaniae de Florentiss. Veteris Graeciae regionibus commentarii
Pausaniou tes Hellados periegesis. Hoc est, Pausaniae accurata Graeciae descriptio, qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur: a Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata. Accesserunt Annotationes, quae a G. Xylandro paulo ante obitum inchoatae, nunc vero a Frid. Sylb. continuatae, ... Addita etiam doctissima Romuli Amasaei versio, a plurimis & ipsa mendis vindicata, ... Appendice quoque aucta est haec Pausaniae periegesis, ... Cum tribus rerum & verborum indicibus amplissimis
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Encyclopedic overview
Pausanias (/pɔːˈseɪniəs/ paw-SAY-nee-əs; Ancient Greek: Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer. He is famous for his Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις, Helládos Periḗgēsis), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from his firsthand observations. Description of Greece provides crucial information for making links between classical literature and modern archaeology, which is providing evidence of the sites and cultural details he mentions although knowledge of their existence may have become lost or relegated to myth or legend.
Biography
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