Pausanias Travel and Memory in Roman Greece |
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| Editor:
| Alcock, Susan E.
Cherry, John F.
Elsner, Jas |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-53041-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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A collection of specially commissioned essays addressing the most important travel book to survive from antiquity. Pausanias' "Guide to Greece" has for centuries been the key source for archaeologists and art historians researching the monuments and landscape of ancient Greece, as well as one of the major documants of ancient Greek history and mythology. The essays in this volume, unpack the dynamics that informed Pausanias' writing, and demonstrate his importance for formulating...
More DescriptionA collection of specially commissioned essays addressing the most important travel book to survive from antiquity. Pausanias' "Guide to Greece" has for centuries been the key source for archaeologists and art historians researching the monuments and landscape of ancient Greece, as well as one of the major documants of ancient Greek history and mythology. The essays in this volume, unpack the dynamics that informed Pausanias' writing, and demonstrate his importance for formulating modern attitudes to the topography, landscape, and ruins of Greece.