Pausanias’ Description of Greece
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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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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pausanias’ Description of Greece Context triple: [Phidias, workDescribedIn, Pausanias’ Description of Greece]
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Pausanias
Pausanias is an Athenian intellectual and lover of the poet Agathon who delivers a nuanced speech on the nature of love in Plato’s Symposium.
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Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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C.
Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pausanias’ Description of Greece Target entity description: 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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A.
Pausanias
Pausanias is an Athenian intellectual and lover of the poet Agathon who delivers a nuanced speech on the nature of love in Plato’s Symposium.
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B.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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C.
Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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D.
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives
Plutarch’s Parallel Lives is a series of biographies by the ancient Greek writer Plutarch that pairs notable Greek and Roman figures to explore their characters and moral lessons.
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E.
Polybius’ Histories
Polybius’ *Histories* is a multi-volume work of ancient Greek historiography that analyzes how Rome rose to Mediterranean dominance in the Hellenistic period through a critical, eyewitness-based narrative.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek prose work
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ancient travelogue ⓘ periegesis ⓘ |
| author | Pausanias ⓘ |
| contains |
art historical observations
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historical digressions ⓘ mythological narratives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century AD ⓘ |
| describes |
Achaea
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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
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surface form:
mainland Greece
|
| genre |
cultural guide
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topographical description ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
combination of travel narrative and antiquarian research
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first-hand autoptic descriptions ⓘ systematic regional arrangement ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern archaeology in Greece
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topographical studies of ancient Greece ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 10 ⓘ |
| periodDescribed |
Roman Empire
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surface form:
Roman Imperial period
|
| structure | organized by regions of mainland Greece ⓘ |
| survivesAs | complete text ⓘ |
| title |
Pausanias’ Description of Greece
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Periegesis Hellados
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| translatedTitle | Description of Greece ⓘ |
| usedAs |
source for Greek religion
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source for ancient art history ⓘ source for ancient topography ⓘ source for local Greek traditions ⓘ |
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