Pausanias

Connected Sites: 10

Definition

Pausanias (c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD who lived in the time of Roman emperors Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. He is famous for his Description of Greece, a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from his firsthand observations. (wiki)

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Connected Sites

Troy

Turkiye

Inscribed: 1998

2.82

140

8

He was one of the first known to write of seeing the ruins of Troy, Alexandria Troas, and Mycenae. (wiki)
Mycenae and Tiryns

Greece

Inscribed: 1999

3.53

242

10

He was one of the first known to write of seeing the ruins of Troy, Alexandria Troas, and Mycenae. (wiki)
Olympia

Greece

Inscribed: 1989

3.60

215

9

Pausanias is most at home in describing the religious art and architecture of Olympia and of Delphi. (wiki)
See www.theoi.com
Acropolis

Greece

Inscribed: 1987

4.27

490

14

He begins his tour in Attica (Ἀττικά), where the city of Athens and its demes dominate the discussion (wiki)
See www.theoi.com
Rome

Holy See, Italy

Inscribed: 1980

4.57

662

13

Crossing over to Italy, he had seen something of the cities of Campania and of the wonders of Rome (wiki)
Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae

Greece

Inscribed: 1986

3.03

115

16

In 174 AD the ancient traveller Pausanias admired the beauty and harmony of the temple and attributed it to Iktinos, the architect of the Parthenon. (AB ev)
Pyramids (Memphis)

Egypt

Inscribed: 1979

4.51

315

12

In Egypt, he had seen the pyramids. (wiki)
Old City of Jerusalem

Israel

Inscribed: 1981

4.36

275

12

Before visiting Greece, he had been to Antioch, Joppa, and Jerusalem, and to the banks of the River Jordan. (wiki)
Epidaurus

Greece

Inscribed: 1988

3.34

243

12

DESCRIPTION OF GREECE 2. 15 - 28
See www.theoi.com
Archaeological Site of Delphi

Greece

Inscribed: 1987

3.94

276

12

Pausanias is most at home in describing the religious art and architecture of Olympia and of Delphi. (wiki)