Pausanias’ Description of Greece

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Greek prose work ancient travelogue periegesis

Pausanias’ Description of Greece is a 2nd-century AD travelogue and cultural guide that provides detailed accounts of ancient Greek cities, sanctuaries, monuments, and artworks.

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Pausanias	4
Pausanias' Description of Greece	3
Pausanias, Description of Greece	2
Pausanias Description of Greece	1
Pausanias the geographer	1
PausaniasDescriptionOfGreece	1
Periegesis Hellados	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek prose work ⓘ ancient travelogue ⓘ periegesis ⓘ
author	Pausanias ⓘ
contains	art historical observations ⓘ historical digressions ⓘ mythological narratives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
dateWritten	2nd century AD ⓘ
describes	Achaea ⓘ Arcadia ⓘ Attica ⓘ Boeotia ⓘ Corinthia ⓘ Delphi ⓘ Elis ⓘ Laconia ⓘ Messenia ⓘ Olympia ⓘ Locris ⓘ surface form: Ozolian Locris Phocis ⓘ festivals ⓘ local myths ⓘ monuments ⓘ rituals ⓘ sanctuaries ⓘ statues ⓘ temples ⓘ
excludes	most Aegean islands ⓘ
focusesOn	Greece ⓘ surface form: mainland Greece
genre	cultural guide ⓘ topographical description ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	combination of travel narrative and antiquarian research ⓘ first-hand autoptic descriptions ⓘ systematic regional arrangement ⓘ
influenced	modern archaeology in Greece ⓘ topographical studies of ancient Greece ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
numberOfBooks	10 ⓘ
periodDescribed	Roman Empire ⓘ surface form: Roman Imperial period
structure	organized by regions of mainland Greece ⓘ
survivesAs	complete text ⓘ
title	Pausanias’ Description of Greece self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Periegesis Hellados
translatedTitle	Description of Greece ⓘ
usedAs	source for Greek religion ⓘ source for ancient art history ⓘ source for ancient topography ⓘ source for local Greek traditions ⓘ

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Autolycus → appearsIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece

Maenads → appearsInWork → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

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Hippodrome of Olympia → documentedBy → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias

Statue of Zeus at Olympia → documentedBy → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias

Dione → literarySource → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias

Phocis → mentionedBy → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias the geographer

Alfeios River → mentionedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias Description of Greece

Eileithyia → mentionedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece

Ictinus → mentionedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

Ornytion → mentionedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece

Sicyon → mentionedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

Hesiodic Catalogue of Women → referencedBy → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias

Arethusa (nymph in Greek mythology) → sourceText → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

subject surface form: Arethusa

this entity surface form: Pausanias' Description of Greece

Marpessa → sourceText → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pausanias, Description of Greece

Pausanias’ Description of Greece → title → Pausanias’ Description of Greece self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Periegesis Hellados

Phidias → workDescribedIn → Pausanias’ Description of Greece ⓘ