Guide to Greece Volume 1: Central Greece

Name: Guide to Greece Volume 1: Central Greece
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ISBN: 9780140442250

ISBN-10: 0140442251

ISBN-13: 9780140442250

Edition: 1971 (Revised)

Authors: Pausanius, Peter Levi, Jeffrey Lacey, John Newberry, John Newberry

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Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook. A study of buildings, traditions and myth, it describes with precision and eloquence the glory of classical Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century. This volume, the first of two, concerns the five provinces of central Greece, with an account of cities including Athens, Corinth and Thebes and a compelling depiction of the Oracle at Delphi. Along the way, Pausanias recounts Greek legends that are unknown from any other source and quotes a wealth of classical literature and poetry that would…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Copyright year: 1971
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/7/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 5.09" wide x 7.75" long x 1.15" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English