Pausanias
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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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- Born
- active approximately 150
- Died
- 175
- Works
- 169
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- Pausaniae Decem regionum veteris Graeciae descriptio
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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.
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