GUIDE TO GREECE

Opis produktu

Pausanias was a Greek geographer and native of Lydia who explored Greece Macedonia Asia and Africa before settling in Rome. Pausanias is believed to have lived in the second half of the second century A.D. and is thought by some historians to have been a doctor as well as a scholar.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 wellinformed 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 thirdcentury 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.GB

Data Publikacji: 1979-03-29
Wymiary: 198 mm 129 mm 31 mm 405 gr