Description of Greece /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Παυσανίας, 2ος αιώνας μ.Χ (συγγραφέας.)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Jones, W. H. S. (William Henry Samuel), 1876-1963 (μεταφραστής.), Ormerod, Henry Arderne, 1886-1964 (μεταφραστής.), Wycherley, R. E. (Richard Ernest) (επιμελητής.)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English; Ancient Greek
• Έκδοση: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1918-1955.
• Σειρά: Loeb Classical Library 93, 188, 272, 297-298.
• Θέματα: Ελλάδα > Αρχαιότητες.; Ελλάδα > Περιγραφή και ταξίδια.; Ηλεκτρονικά βιβλία

 Pausanias (fl. 150 CE), one of the Roman world's great travelers, sketches in Description of Greece the history, geography, landmarks, legends, and religious cults of all the important Greek cities. He shares his enthusiasm for great sites, describing them with care and an accuracy confirmed by comparison with monuments that still stand today.   Pausanias, born probably in Lydia in Asia Minor, was a Greek of the 2nd century CE, about 120-180, who travelled widely not only in Asia Minor, Palestine, Egypt and North Africa, but also in Greece and in Italy, including Rome. He left a description of Greece in ten books, which is like a topographical guidebook or tour of Attica, the Peloponnese, and central Greece, filled out with historical accounts and events and digressions on facts and wonders of nature. His chief interest was the monuments of art and architecture, especially the most famous of them; the accuracy of his descriptions of these is proved by surviving remains. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Pausanias is in five volumes; the fifth volume contains maps, plans, illustrations, and a general index. 

 v. I. Books 1-2 (Attica and Corinth) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. II. Books 3-5 (Laconia, Messenia, Elis 1) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones and H.A. Ormerod -- v. III. Books 6-8.21 (Elis 2, Achaia, Arcadia) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. IV. Books 8.22-10 (Arcadia, Boeotia, Phocis and Ozolian Locri) / with an English translation by W.H.S. Jones -- v. V. Maps, plans, illustrations, and general index / edited by R.E. Wycherley.