Pausanias : travel writing in ancient Greece / Maria Pretzler.

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Pretzler, Maria

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Classical literature and societyPublication details: London : Duckworth, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 225 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9781849667760
1849667764

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pausanias.DDC classification:

913.8049 22

LOC classification:

DF27.P383 P74 2007eb

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FH 64253
NH 2663

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Contents:

Editor's foreword / [David Taylor] -- Preface -- Approaching Pausania's Periegesis -- Pausanias : the man and his time -- The importance of travelling -- Greek travel writing : between report and invention -- A sense of space : landscape and geography -- A sense of time : Pausanias as historian -- Describing a city -- Considering works of art -- Pausanias and his readers -- Discovering Greece with Pausanias -- Epilogue : "solid instruction and refined amusement"?

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Summary: In this book Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives. She considers the process and influences that shaped the Periegesis, and maps out its literary and cultural context. Pausanias' text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and traditions, and is concerned with the identity and history of Greece, issues that were crucial concerns for Greeks under Roman rule. Parallels with various texts of the period offer insights into Pausanias' attitudes as well as illustrating important aspects of Second Sophistic culture. A discussion of Greek texts that deal with fictional or actual travel experiences provides a background for a detailed study of the Periegesis as travel literature. Pausanias' treatment of geography and his descriptions of landscapes, cities and artworks are considered in detail, and there is also a study of his methods as a historian. The final chapters deal with Pausanias' impact on modern approaches to Greece and ancient Greek culture.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-208) and indexes.

In this book Maria Pretzler combines a thorough introduction to Pausanias with exciting new perspectives. She considers the process and influences that shaped the Periegesis, and maps out its literary and cultural context. Pausanias' text records contemporary interpretations of monuments and traditions, and is concerned with the identity and history of Greece, issues that were crucial concerns for Greeks under Roman rule. Parallels with various texts of the period offer insights into Pausanias' attitudes as well as illustrating important aspects of Second Sophistic culture. A discussion of Greek texts that deal with fictional or actual travel experiences provides a background for a detailed study of the Periegesis as travel literature. Pausanias' treatment of geography and his descriptions of landscapes, cities and artworks are considered in detail, and there is also a study of his methods as a historian. The final chapters deal with Pausanias' impact on modern approaches to Greece and ancient Greek culture.

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