Pausanias
110 –180
Writer, Geographer, Travel writer
Lived 70 years
- Born in
- Asia
- Passed away in
- Sicily
Pausanias ( paw-SAY-nee-əs; Ancient Greek: Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer. He is famous for his Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις, Helládos Periḗgēsis), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from his firsthand observations. Description of Greece provides crucial information for making links between classical literature and modern archaeology, which is providing evidence of the sites and cultural details he mentions although knowledge of their existence may have become lost or relegated to myth or legend.
Notable works: Description of Greece
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)