Pausanias' Description of Greece

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pausanias'_Description_of_Greece

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	ancient travel literature
gptkbp:alternativeName	gptkb:Periegesis_Hellados
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Pausanias
gptkbp:book10Covers	gptkb:Phocis_and_Ozolian_Locris
gptkbp:book1Covers	gptkb:Attica
gptkbp:book2Covers	gptkb:Corinthia_and_Argolis
gptkbp:book3Covers	gptkb:Laconia
gptkbp:book4Covers	gptkb:Messenia
gptkbp:book5Covers	gptkb:Elis_I
gptkbp:book6Covers	gptkb:Elis_II
gptkbp:book7Covers	gptkb:Achaia
gptkbp:book8Covers	gptkb:Arcadia
gptkbp:book9Covers	gptkb:Boeotia
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:mythological_figure inscriptions genealogies historical anecdotes local customs descriptions of festivals descriptions of sanctuaries descriptions of statues descriptions of temples
gptkbp:dateWritten	2nd century AD
gptkbp:firstPublished	1516
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:travel_literature geography history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Pausanias' Description of Greece
gptkbp:influenced	classical archaeology
gptkbp:notableFor	detailed descriptions of Greek sites and monuments preservation of local myths and traditions
gptkbp:numberOfBooks	10
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn	various medieval manuscripts
gptkbp:significance	major source for ancient Greek topography source for local cults and rituals source for lost monuments and temples
gptkbp:structure	organized by region
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Greece gptkb:Greek_mythology gptkb:Egyptian archaeology
gptkbp:translatedInto	gptkb:French gptkb:German gptkb:Italian gptkb:Spanish English
gptkbp:usedBy	archaeologists modern historians
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4