Describing Greece: Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias

by William Hutton

Book Overview

The Periegesis Hellados (Description of Greece) by Pausanias is the most important example of non-fictional travel literature in ancient Greek. With this work Professor Hutton examines Pausanias' arrangement and expression of his material and evaluates his authorial choices in light of the contemporary literary currents of the day and in light of the cultural milieu of the Roman empire in the time of Hadrian and the Antonines. The descriptions offered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521847206
• ISBN13: 9780521847209
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.2" x 9.3"