Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece

Christian Habicht

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780520061705
• eBook ISBN: 9780520342200
• Edition: 1
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Ancient History
• Index: History

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

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• CONTENTS
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
• PREFACE TO THE 1985 EDITION
• PREFACE TO THE 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
• I THE ROMAN WORLD OF PAUSANIAS
• VI A PROFILE OF PAUSANIAS
• APPENDIX ONE
• APPENDIX TWO
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED
• GENERAL INDEX
• INDEX OF SIGNIFICANT GREEK WORDS