Guide to Greece

Southern Greece

Pausanias, Jeffery Lacey, John Newberry , Peter Levi

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Penguin
01 June 1974

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Literary essays; Travel writing

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.

By: Pausanias
Illustrated by: Jeffery Lacey, John Newberry
Translated by: Peter Levi, Peter Levi
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 405g
ISBN: 9780140442267
ISBN 10: 014044226X
Pages: 560
Publication Date: 01 June 1974
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Guide to Greece Volume 2: Southern GreeceList of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction Book III: Lakonia Book IV: Messina Book V: Eleia I Book VI: Eleia II Book VIII: Arkadia Select Bibliography Index

Pausanias was a Greek geographer and native of Lydia who explored Greece, Macedonia, Asia and Africa, before settling in Rome. Pausanias is believed to have lived in the second half of the second century A.D. and is thought by some historians to have been a doctor as well as a scholar.