Archaeology

Pausania’s Peregrination of Greece

Details of Attica - volume 1

Authors:

Nikolaos Papahatzis

Description:

This massive work in five volumes, compiled by a noted archaeologist and historian, bridges a major gap in the Greek and foreign scholarly bibliography. It is the fullest modern annotated edition of the regional commentaries of the great classical traveller Pausanias. An eye-witness of the splendour of the places and monuments he writes about, Pausanias has left a legacy of invaluable descriptions. His travelling accounts in combination with the findings of modern archaeology to enable us to understand his impressive picture of the ancient Greek art monuments.

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