The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-29


Tho little we know Of the nfe Of Pausanias
has had to be gathered from his writings. An
tiquity. which barely mentions tho wrter' IN
silent a. to the man. His date seems 10 De
certain. At the beginning OF his Description
OF Els he recalls that 27 years had elapsed
since the restoration Of Corinth, AZ Corlnth
was restored In ~ b. c., II Is evident maj Pau-
sanias was writing his fifth book in it A. ~,
during the reign Of Marcus Anreius. with
this date all the other chronologicsl indications
In his book harmonic. Thus he speaks OF
images which were set up In LIS A, d. as speci-
mems Of the art Of his day. Again. ne gives us
TO understand that he was a contemporary OF
Hadrians. yet he tells us that he never saw
Hadrian's f~avorite, Antinous. in life. Now
HadIan died in i3s A. ID. and the mysterious
death Of Antinous in Egypt appears to have
occurred In 1870 A. d. II Is a natural inference
from Pausanias's words that, although he
never saw Antinous In life, he was old enough
to have seen him, from which Mr.. Frazer con-
cludes that the author was born a good many
years before $50 A. D.. the date OF Antinous's
death. Tho latest historical event mentioned
by Pausanias Is the incursion Of the Costobocs
into Greece, which seems TO have taken place
some time between 100 A. d. and $50 A. D..
The birthplace OF Pausanias Is less certain
than his date. hut there are grounds for be-
lieying that he was n Iydian. After saying
that. in his country. traces we're still TO be seen
of the abode of pelops and Tantahs. he mem
tons some monuments and natural features
associated with The name, Of { ose ancient
princes on and near Mount Sipylus. This l.
nearly n positive Affirmation that the region
about Mount Sipylus in Lydia was his native
land. As a native Of Lydia, 1t was natural that
Pausanias should be familiar with the western
coast Of Asia Minor. There is no part Of the
world outside Of Greece to which he refers so
often. He seize, an opportunity TO give the
history OF the colonization OF Ionia, and dwells
with what seems TO be patriotic pride on the
glorious climate. the matches temples and
the natural wonders of that beautiful region.
That pausanias had travelled widely beyond
the limits of Greece and Ionia Is clear from
the many illusions he lets fall to places and
objects OF interest In foreign lands. Some
Of them he expressly says that he saw with
his own eyes; as TO others. we may infer that
he saw them from the particularly Of his de-
scriptions. In Syria. he had seen the Jordan
flowing through the Lake of Tiberias and
falling into the Dead Sea. and he had gazed
at tba Rad poo, n.or Jonn, In which Persons
a az n,u 'Vo' neai 'oppa, IL w"i'n e''eu,
after Staying the son monster. He describes
a touh Ar JoruaoIom tha door of which nv
m I ina.rions msonanio ~ oon,r,ronos onsn oJ
Of itself once a year at a certain hour. and
ho often aIludes N Antioch which ,or H. yost
:. I've au , y n.'ov nv - W ~
In Egypt, he had seen the Pyramids, had be-
hold with wonder the colossal statue or Nrernon
:. TS..A." ", .sS s'a'ue y, Nt'nlio
like the breaking OF a lute-strlng, which the
s,stue emitted AZ sunrise Eron, tbe Dol,o
"ns-n "n iIoni .e Ia
Desert to the Oasis Of Ammon, for no tells
IA that. in his time. tho HYMN which pindar
..San sno IN ."N
carved on a triangular slab beside the altar.
Nearer home. bs admired the snlendid forti.
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