historical framework and the cults. As in the rest of his books, in his description of Delphi Pausanias describes rituals, rites, customs and offers narrations...
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Roman, circa 117-138 C.E. Delphi Archaeological Museum, Delphi. List of Ancient Greek temples Pausanias' description of Delphi Ridgway, Brunilde S. (1999)...
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demonstrate the passion and the fury of the conflict of enemies in lively battle scenes. Pausanias' description of Delphi "Marcus Vitruvius Pollio: de Architectura...
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the 2nd century AD, Pausanias traveled to the area of Delphi and has provided us with rare evidence through his work. The stone of the omphalos seems to...
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Apollo (redirect from Cult of Apollo)
version at the Perseus Digital Library. 10. 162–219 (1–8 CE) Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt...
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Pausanias, Description of Greece, Phocis and Ozolian Locri, 10.24.1 at the Perseus Project. Hodge, A. Trevor. "The Mystery of Apollo's E at Delphi",...
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forced Pausanias to die of starvation. After Pausanias' body was turned over to relatives for burial, the divinity through the Oracle of Delphi showed...
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Leon of Paionia (Greek: Λέων) (278 BC – 250 BC) was an ancient Paeonian king, the father of Dropion. Pausanias, Description of Greece Phocis and Ozolian...
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Pythia (redirect from Oracle of Delphi)
the title of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. She specifically served as its oracle and was known as the Oracle of Delphi. Her title...
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"geographer" or tourist Pausanias (c. 110 – c. 180). Pausanias' Description of Greece comprises ten books, each of them dedicated to some part of mainland Greece...
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Gaia (redirect from Gaia spirit of the Earth)
ISBN 9781851096343. Pausanias, 7.25.13 ff. Pausanias, 3.12.8 ff Pausanias, 8.48.8 ff Pausanias, 5.14.10 Pausanias, 7.21.11 Pausanias, 1.24.3 ff. Pausanias, 1.28.6...
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Delphi (/ˈdɛlfaɪ/ or /ˈdɛlfi/; Greek: Δελφοί, [ðelˈfi]) is a town in Phocis, Greece, situated immediately west of the archaeological site of the same name...
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Delphic Sibyl (category Delphi)
influence upon the Romans. Delphi was well known in these ancient times and was a location at which the Sibyls were venerated. Pausanias claimed that this Sibyl...
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Sibyl (category Articles with short description)
prophesied at holy sites. A sibyl at Delphi has been dated to as early as the eleventh century BC by Pausanias when he described local traditions in...
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Sisyphus (category Kings of Corinth)
Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and...
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Artemis (redirect from The Hunt of Artemis)
Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 1968. ISBN 978-2-251-00020-6. Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt...
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Phemonoe (category Delphi)
Mythology Link (Carlos Parada) - Delphi (Accessed 2007-12-13) Archived 2007-12-07 at the Wayback Machine. Pausanias 10.5.7, 10.6.7; Strabo, 9 p. 419;...
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Paeonian king, the son of Leon of Paionia. Pausanias, Description of Greece Phocis and Ozolian Locri, 10.13.1, "A bronze head of the Paeonian bull called...
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Hestia (category Children of Cronus)
Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1959. Internet Archive. Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt...
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Orpheus (redirect from Myth of Orpheus)
century BC) described by Pausanias (2nd century AD), where no mention is made of Eurydice. Euripides and Plato both refer to the story of his descent to recover...
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Alcmene (category Mortal women of Zeus)
Metamorphoses. Arthur Golding. London. W. Seres. 1567. Pausanias. Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt...
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The Stadium of Delphi lies on the highest spot of the Archaeological Site of Delphi. It overlooks the sanctuary of Apollo and has a view to the Delphic...
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Muses (redirect from Temple of the Mousai and Hippukrene)
83 (1979:1–28), p. 2. For this list of names and attributes, see Grimal, s.v. Muses. Pausanias, Description of Greece 9.29.1–9.29.2 Plutarch Symposium...
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Phaedriades (category Delphi)
pair of cliffs, ca 700 m high on the lower southern slope of Mt. Parnassos, which rise above the sacred site of Delphi. Strabo, Plutarch and Pausanias all...
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Ageladas (category Articles with short description)
History xxxiv. 8, s. 19 Pausanias, Description of Greece vi. 10. §2 Pausanias, Description of Greece iv. 33. § 3 v. 24. § 1 Antipater of Sidon Greek Anthology...
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Serpent Column (redirect from Tripod of Plataea)
examination of the rest of his behaviour, the Spartans recalled that when the tripod at Delphi was first erected, Pausanias had thought fit, of his own accord...
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Neoptolemus (category Articles with short description)
Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and...
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Trojan War (redirect from Battle of Troy)
75.4. Pausanias 1.13.9. Euripides, Hecuba 40. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica iv. 88–595. Apollodorus, Epitome 5.5. Pausanias 3.19.13. Argument of Sophocles'...
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Hermes (redirect from Cult of Hermes)
Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6. Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt...
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also followed Pausanias in Attica. Pausanias initially disguised his real intentions and commanded the army with the official purpose of helping the Thirty...
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