Guide to Greece
By: [by] Pausanias ; translated [from the Greek] with an introduction by Peter Levi ; illustrated with drawings from Greek coins by John Newberry ; maps and plans by Jeffery Lacey.
Contributors: Levi, Peter.
Edition: Reprinted with revisions. --
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Harmondsworth; New York
Language: eng; grc; gre
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Greece -- Antiquities.; Greece -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800
Work titles: Descriptio Graeciae.
Description: "Written in the second century AD by a Greek traveller for a predominantly Roman audience, Pausanias' Guide to Greece is an extraordinarily literate and well-informed guidebook. A study of buildings, traditions and myth, it describes with precision and eloquence the glory of classical Greece shortly before its ultimate decline in the third century. This volume, the first of two, concerns the five provinces of central Greece, with an account of cities including Athens, Corinth and Thebes and a compelling depiction of the Oracle at Delphi. Along the way, Pausanias recounts Greek legends that are unknown from any other source and quotes a wealth of classical literature and poetry that would otherwise have been lost. [The second of two volumes, explores Southern Greece including Sparta, Arkadia, Bassae and the games at Olympia.]. An inspiration to Byron and Shelley, the Guide to Greece remains one of the most influential travel books ever written."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Translation of Descriptio Graeciae.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Central Greece.; title: v. 2. Southern Greece.