Guide to Greece - The Penguin Classics

2nd Edition

Paperback (29 Mar 1979)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140442267
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 913.38049
DEWEY edition: 18
Language: English
Number of pages: 532
Weight: 414g
Height: 196mm
Width: 133mm
Spine width: 40mm