Written by a Greek traveller in the second century ad for a principally Roman audience, Pausanias’ Guide to Greece is a comprehensive, extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook for tourists of the age. Concentrating on buildings, tombs and statues, it also describes in detail the myths, religious beliefs and historical background behind the monuments considered. In doing so, it preserves Greek legends, quotes classical literature and poetry that would otherwise have been lost, and offers a fascinating depiction of the glory of classical Greece immediately before its third-century decline. This, the second of two volumes, explores Southern Greece including Sparta, Arkadia, Bassae and the games at Olympia. An inspiration to travellers and writers across the ages, including Byron and Shelley, it remains one of the most influential of all travel books.
Pausanias
Guide to Greece [EPUB ebook]
Southern Greece
Guide to Greece [EPUB ebook]
Southern Greece
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 560 ● ISBN 9780141964843 ● Translator Peter Levi ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2006 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2271581 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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