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Describing Greece

- Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias

About Describing Greece

Pausanias' Description of Greece is the most important non-fictional travel work in ancient Greek literature. It is here explored against contemporary literary currents and the archaeological remains of those places described. Pausanias emerges as a unique witness to what it meant to be a Greek subject of the Roman Empire.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780521072243
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 388
  • Published:
  • August 13, 2008
  • Dimensions:
  • 156x228x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 596 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: November 22, 2024

Description of Describing Greece

Pausanias' Description of Greece is the most important non-fictional travel work in ancient Greek literature. It is here explored against contemporary literary currents and the archaeological remains of those places described. Pausanias emerges as a unique witness to what it meant to be a Greek subject of the Roman Empire.

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