Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece
$26.95, £15.95 paperback
978-0-520-06170-5
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223 pages, 6 x 9 inches, 27 b/w photographs, 6 maps
January 1999, Available worldwide
Categories: Classics; Ancient History; Classical History
January 1999, Available worldwide
Categories: Classics; Ancient History; Classical History
"This book will be read with profit and pleasure by all who have visited Greece or hope to travel there, the amateur archaeologists and the professionals. They will learn how Pausanias worked, his attitudes and his tastes—a Greek who had read widely and loved the Greek past."—Lionel Pearson, Classical Outlook
"Habicht elicits from Pausanias' long and detailed opus a portrait of a serious scholar who loved his ancient homeland and labored hard to preserve a record of her past for posterity. This [is], and deserves to be, the standard work in English on Pausanias."—Stephen Tracy, American Journal of Philology
"This 2 C.E. traveller is for archaeologists the most important book that has survived from antiquity; and it is indispensable for epigraphists and historians of religion."—William Calder, Religious Studies Review
"Habicht's portrait of Pausanias the man is sympathetic and engrossing."—Dale Sinos, The Classical World
"Habicht's Pausanias is an excellent account of Pausanias seen from the angle of the scholar who is interested in the facts we can learn from him. It makes accessible much of the evidence that is scattered in periodicals, and most of the concrete detail will stand the test of time. Moreover, it is an impressive appreciation of a highly individual achievement which is rarely seen as such."—D. Fehling, Classical Review
"Habicht elicits from Pausanias' long and detailed opus a portrait of a serious scholar who loved his ancient homeland and labored hard to preserve a record of her past for posterity. This [is], and deserves to be, the standard work in English on Pausanias."—Stephen Tracy, American Journal of Philology
"This 2 C.E. traveller is for archaeologists the most important book that has survived from antiquity; and it is indispensable for epigraphists and historians of religion."—William Calder, Religious Studies Review
"Habicht's portrait of Pausanias the man is sympathetic and engrossing."—Dale Sinos, The Classical World
"Habicht's Pausanias is an excellent account of Pausanias seen from the angle of the scholar who is interested in the facts we can learn from him. It makes accessible much of the evidence that is scattered in periodicals, and most of the concrete detail will stand the test of time. Moreover, it is an impressive appreciation of a highly individual achievement which is rarely seen as such."—D. Fehling, Classical Review
A Greek who lived in Asia Minor during the second century A.D., Pausanias traveled through Greece and wrote an invaluable description of its classical sites that is a treasure trove of information on archaeology, religion, history, and art. Although ignored during his own time, Pausanias is increasingly important in ours—to historians, tourists, and archaeologists. Christian Habicht offers a wide-ranging study of Pausanias' work and personality. He investigates his background, chronology, and methods, and also discusses Pausanias' value as a guide for modern scholars and travellers, his attitude toward the Roman world he lived in, and his reception among critics in modern times. A new preface summarizes the most recent scholarship.