Pausanias

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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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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

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Mantineia mentionedBy Pausanias
Troizen mentionedBy Pausanias
Colonus mentionedBy Pausanias
Lapiths describedBySource Pausanias
Κυλλήνη mentionedBy Pausanias
Milo of Croton mentionedBy Pausanias
Autolychus source Pausanias
Pausanias primaryTopicOf Pausanias self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pausanias (geographer)
Corycian Cave mentionedBy Pausanias
Phocians mentionedBySource Pausanias
Pessinus mentionedBy Pausanias
Amyclae mentionedBy Pausanias
Elis (city) mentionedBy Pausanias
Eleans historicalSource Pausanias
Ἦλις mentionedBy Pausanias
Τροιζήν mentionedBy Pausanias
Pleistoanax historicalSource Pausanias
this entity surface form: Pausanias (geographer)
Agiad dynasty sourceMention Pausanias
this entity surface form: Pausanias (geographer)
Cranaus mentionedBy Pausanias
Description of Greece author Pausanias
Pagasae mentionedBy Pausanias
Sikyon mentionedBy Pausanias
Telchines sourceMention Pausanias
Pellene mentionedBy Pausanias
Hyacinthia mentionedBy Pausanias
Hyampolis mentionedBy Pausanias
river Alpheus mentionedBy Pausanias
subject surface form: Alpheus
Lechaeum mentionedBy Pausanias