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The Necklace of Eriphyle and Pausanias' Approach to the Homeric Epics
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Pausanias may have had a unique approach to the Iliad and Odyssey as discussed by the authors, which is consistent with examples from elsewhere in the Periegesis. However, it is fundamentally different from the approach other Roman-era Greek writers and other Greek historians and geographers.Abstract:
Pausanias’ debunking of the necklace of Eriphyle at Amathus at Pausanias 9.41.2–5 provides evidence about one of the key elements of his writing style: his use of the Homeric epics. Pausanias rests virtually his entire argument about the necklace on a single line of the Odyssey , despite the existence of more developed alternatives. This confidence in the exact wording of Homer is consistent with examples from elsewhere in the Periegesis . However, it is fundamentally different from the approach other Roman-era Greek writers and other Greek historians and geographers. Pausanias may therefore have had a unique approach to the Iliad and Odyssey.read more
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Axion Theas: Wonder, Space, and Place in Pausanias' Periegesis Hellados
TL;DR: The Periegesis Hellados as mentioned in this paper presents a description of the sites and sights of Roman Greece in ten carefully constructed books and investigates Pausanias' engagement with literary antecedents, with a particular focus on the antiquarian impulse to excerpt and compile anecdotes in thematic catalogues, which broadly resemble wondertexts (paradoxographies).
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Pausanias' Greece: Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers
Harry Sidebottom,Karim Arafat +1 more
TL;DR: Pausanias on the rulers of Roman Greece 1: introduction, Mummius and Sulla 2: Caesar and Augustus 3: Nero to Marcus Aurelius 4: Herodes Atticus and other benefactors.
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Pausanias's Description of Greece
TL;DR: F Frazer's translation and commentary on Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references to myths and legends provided Frazer with material for his great study of religion as discussed by the authors.
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Pausanias' Greece: Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers
TL;DR: The first systematic and detailed study of Pausanias' view of Roman involvement in Greece can be found in this paper, where the authors present a detailed assessment of the author's life and writings, placing them in their contemporary political, historical, literary and cultural context.