Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece (eBook)

Christian Habicht (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
223 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-34220-0 (ISBN)

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A Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century A.D., Pausanias traveled through Greece and wrote an invaluable description of its classical sites that is a treasure trove of information on archaeology, religion, history, and art. Although ignored during his own time, Pausanias is increasingly important in ours—to historians, tourists, and archaeologists. Christian Habicht offers a wide-ranging study of Pausanias' work and personality. He investigates his background, chronology, and methods, and also discusses Pausanias' value as a guide for modern scholars and travellers, his attitude toward the Roman world he lived in, and his reception among critics in modern times. A new preface summarizes the most recent scholarship.


A Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century A.D., Pausanias traveled through Greece and wrote an invaluable description of its classical sites that is a treasure trove of information on archaeology, religion, history, and art. Although ignor

List of Illustrations 
Preface to the 1985 Edition 
Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition 
List of Abbreviations 

I The Man and His Work 
II Pausanias as a Guide 
III Pausanias and the Evidence of Inscriptions 
IV Pausanias on the History of Greece 
V The Roman World of Pausanias 
VI A Profile of Pausanias 

Appendix I  
Appendix 2 
Bibliography 
Index of Passages Cited 
General Index 
Index of Significant Greek Words

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.11.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Reihe/Serie: Sather Classical Lectures
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: 2nd century • Ancient Greece • Ancient Sites • Ancient World • archaeologists • archaeology • Asia Minor • Athens • classical historians • Classical literature • classical sites • Classical Studies • Greek • greek and roman world • Greek art • Greek geography • greek historian • Greek History • Greek religion • guide to Greece • modern scholars • modern travel • nonfiction guide • Pausanias • tourists • Travellers • travelogues • Western History • world travelers
• ISBN-10: 0-520-34220-8 / 0520342208
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-34220-0 / 9780520342200