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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 writer, geographer, and travel writer who composed his works in Ancient Greek. Born in Asia, he died in Sicily. His primary notable work is the *Description of Greece*. Various sources record his lifespan differently; one account places his birth in 115 and death in 180, while another suggests he was active approximately in 150 and died in 175.

He is described in several reference works, including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and Pauly–Wissowa. Records of his output vary, with counts ranging from five to 169 works. Titles associated with him include *Pausaniae Decem regionum veteris Graeciae descriptio* and *Graeciae descriptio*. A quote attributed to him mentions Belistiche, a woman from the coast of Macedonia, winning with a pair of foals at the hundred and twenty-ninth Olympics.

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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

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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