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Klappentext Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references to myths and legends provided Frazer with material for his great study of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after the first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this series), and while Frazer was working on material for the second. Volume 4 is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Books VI-VIII, on Elis, Achaia and Arcadia, using both the experience of Frazer's own travels in Greece and the reports of other antiquarians and archaeologists. Zusammenfassung This six-volume translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian, was published in 1898 by Sir James Frazer (1854–1941), best remembered today for his study of religion, The Golden Bough. Volume 4 covers Elis, Achaia and Arcadia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Commentary on Book VI. Elis (continued); Commentary on Book VII. Achaia; Commentary on Book VIII. Arcadia.

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• Authors: James George Sir Frazer, Pausanias
• Assisted by: J. G. Frazer (Editor), James George Frazer (Translation), James George Sir Frazer (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2012
• EAN: 9781108047265
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04726-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories