Pausanias

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ancient Greek writer geographer periegete travel writer

Pausanias was a 2nd-century AD Greek traveler and geographer best known for his work "Description of Greece," a detailed account of the geography, history, and cultural landmarks of ancient Greece.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pausanias canonical	74
Pausanias (geographer)	4
Pausanias, Description of Greece	2

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek writer ⓘ geographer ⓘ periegete ⓘ travel writer ⓘ
activeDuringReignOf	Antoninus Pius ⓘ Hadrian ⓘ Marcus Aurelius ⓘ
approximateBirthCentury	2nd century AD ⓘ
approximateDeathCentury	2nd century AD ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
describedRegion	Achaea ⓘ Arcadia ⓘ Attica ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Corinthia ⓘ Elis ⓘ Greece ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ Peloponnese ⓘ Phocis ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	geography ⓘ local history ⓘ religious studies ⓘ topography ⓘ
floruit	2nd century AD ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	antiquarian literature ⓘ geographical description ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
influenced	modern classical archaeology ⓘ study of Greek historical geography ⓘ
knownFor	detailed descriptions of Greek sanctuaries ⓘ eyewitness accounts of ancient Greek art and architecture ⓘ preserving local myths and traditions ⓘ
notableWork	Description of Greece ⓘ Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Periegesis Hellados
occupation	author ⓘ geographer ⓘ traveler ⓘ
primaryTopicOf	Pausanias self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pausanias (geographer)
sourceFor	study of Greek art history ⓘ study of ancient Greek religion ⓘ study of ancient Greek topography ⓘ
workHasPart	Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book I (Attica) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book II (Corinth and Argolis) Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book III (Laconia) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book IV (Messenia) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book IX (Boeotia) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book V (Elis I) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book VI (Elis II) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book VII (Achaea) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book VIII (Arcadia) Description of Greece ⓘ surface form: Description of Greece, Book X (Phocis and Ozolian Locris)
workInLanguage	Ancient Greek ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

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Phlius → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Pythia → sourceMention → Pausanias ⓘ

Megara → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Temple of Olympian Zeus → visitedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Troezen → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Spartan king Pleistoanax → historicalSource → Pausanias ⓘ

subject surface form: Pleistoanax

this entity surface form: Pausanias (geographer)

Pausanias → name → Pausanias ⓘ

Pausanias’ Description of Greece → author → Pausanias ⓘ

city of Amphissa → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

subject surface form: Amphissa

Dorians → sourceMention → Pausanias ⓘ

Boeotians → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Heraia → documentedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Crisa → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Melpomene → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Colophon → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Aeolis → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Augean Stables → mythologicalSource → Pausanias ⓘ

Nemean lion myth → laterSources → Pausanias ⓘ

Ambrysus → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Despoina → knownFromSource → Pausanias ⓘ

Epigoni → describedIn → Pausanias ⓘ

Catalogue of Women → referencedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Polydorus → mentionedIn → Pausanias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece

Ceryneian Hind → mentionedIn → Pausanias ⓘ

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus → mentionedIn → Pausanias ⓘ

Little Iliad → citedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Lebadea → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Asteria → sourceText → Pausanias ⓘ

Anticyra → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Dipylon Gate to Acropolis → documentedInSource → Pausanias ⓘ

Acrisius → literarySource → Pausanias ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece

Aeacus → source → Pausanias ⓘ

Mount Cirphis → referencedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Elateia → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Myus → knownFrom → Pausanias ⓘ

Erythrae → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Thespiae → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Tanagra → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Aceso → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Icarius → literarySource → Pausanias ⓘ

Ascra → referencedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Asopus → source → Pausanias ⓘ

Pelopion → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Acamas → sourceMention → Pausanias ⓘ

Erasinos River → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Akademos → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Pelops → literarySource → Pausanias ⓘ

Phigaleia → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Argive Heraion → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ

Phigalia → mentionedBy → Pausanias ⓘ