Pausanias

[ paw-sey-nee-uh s ]

/ pɔˈseɪ ni əs /

flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.

Example sentences from the Web for pausanias

In its great day, and even as Pausanias saw it, the Acropolis was covered with statues, as well as with shrines.

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII |Various
Pausanias mentions an Omphalus in the Peloponnesus, which was said to have been the middle of that country.

A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. |Jacob Bryant
This structure is known to be the same which Vitruvius mentions, but it is entirely unnoticed by Pausanias.

Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II) |Charles Bucke
Around their tombs, says Pausanias, is to be heard throughout the night the neighing of horses and the noise of combatants.

Historical Parallels, vol 2 of 3) |Arthur Thomas Malkin

And thus Sparta kept the pledge of Platæan sacredness made by her king Pausanias half a century before.

Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) |Charles Morris

Pausanias

/ (pɔːˈseɪnɪəs) /

2nd century ad, Greek geographer and historian. His Description of Greece gives a valuable account of the topography of ancient Greece