Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Description_of_Greece Wikipedia page about this book: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periegesi_della_Grecia Release date is 2021-12-20
Carolus Raeticus Carolus Raeticus
"Pausaniae Descriptio Græciæ" by Pausanias is a geo-historiographical treatise written in the second century AD. Divided into ten books, this monumental work guides readers through ancient Greece's regions, documenting cities, monuments, local customs, and myths. Pausanias draws from classical historians like Herodotus and Thucydides, creating an invaluable record of sites and events. Though imprecise at times, his descriptions provide irreplaceable historical evidence, especially for locations otherwise unknown to us. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Greece -- Antiquities Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800