Describing Greece - Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias

Informationen zum Autor William Hutton is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William & Mary, Virginia. He has published articles on classical studies in Minos and Ancient History Bulletin. Klappentext Examines the most important work of non-fiction travel literature in antiquity! Pausanias' Description of Greece. Zusammenfassung Pausanias' Description of Greece is the most important non-fictional travel work in ancient Greek literature. It is here explored against contemporary literary currents and the archaeological remains of those places described. Pausanias emerges as a unique witness to what it meant to be a Greek subject of the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Pausanias' world; 3. Designing the Periegesis; 4. Marking territories; 5. City descriptions; 6. The landscapes of language; 7. Sui generis; 8. A periegete's progress.

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• Authors: William Hutton, William (College of William and Mary Hutton, Hutton William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2005
• EAN: 9780521847209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84720-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World; Greek Culture in the Roman World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, CE period up to c 1500, Ancient World, Ancient History, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology