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Pausanias
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Pau·sa·ni·as  (pô-sn-s) fl. second century a.d.
Greek geographer and historian who wrote Description of Greece, a valuable source on the topography and history of ancient Greece.

Pausanias [pɔːˈseɪnɪəs]
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(Biographies / Pausanias (2nd century ad-2nd century ad) M, Greek, GEOGRAPHY: geographer, HISTORY: historian) 2nd century ad, Greek geographer and historian. His


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In 1865, they were identified with a dedication on the Athenian Acropolis seen by the traveler Pausanius around AD 170.
He takes into account a vast array of sources including New World voyages as well as a great many philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Pausanius, Pomponius Mela, and Plutarch among others--and benefits from his reading in natural history as well as Scripture and classical mythography.
When Gontran de Boismassif, the leaden-named hero, asks his clueless tutor, Pausanius, for advice, the tutor displays his ridiculous academic credentials (heliography, agronomy, geodesy, etc.
 
 
 
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