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Pausanias

Also known as Pausanias Periegetes

ancient Greek geographer, travel writer and mythographer

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Pausanias was a male human writer, geographer, and travel writer who wrote in Ancient Greek. He is the author of the notable work Description of Greece.

He was born in Asia and died in Sicily in the year 180. His life and work are described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Asia
Place of death: Sicily
Occupation: travel writer
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Description of Greece
Image: Pausanias Description of Greece (2).jpg

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Commons category: Pausanias (geographer)
date of birth: 0115-00-00
date of death: 0180-00-00
described by source: Pauly–Wissowa
writing language: Ancient Greek
Commons Creator page: Pausanias (geographer)

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Pausanias

Pausaniae Historici Praeclarissimi Commentariorum Graeciam describentium, Attica & Corinthiaca [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

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.

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