Pausanias ( / p ɔː ˈ s eɪ n i ə s / paw- SAY -nee-əs ; ‹See Tfd› Greek : Παυσανίας ; c. 110 – c. 180 ) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his Description of Greece ( Ἑλλάδος Περιήγησις , Hēlládos Periḗgēsis ), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from his firsthand observations. Description of Greece provides crucial information for making links between classical literature and modern archaeology , which is providing evidence of the sites and cultural details he mentions although knowledge of their existence may have become lost or relegated to myth or legend.
18-627: Set of characters in Greek mythology For other uses, see Amphion (disambiguation) . There are several characters named Amphion in Greek mythology : [REDACTED] Amphion building Thebes with the power of music, from a 1655 engraving Amphion, son of Zeus and Antiope , and twin brother of Zethus (see Amphion and Zethus ). Together, they are famous for building Thebes . Pausanias recounts an Egyptian legend according to which Amphion employed magic to build
36-505: A list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amphion&oldid=1254710140 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Kings in Greek mythology Children of Zeus Argonauts Characters in
54-496: A past tense verb rather than the present tense in some instances. Their interpretation is that he did this in order to make it seem as if he were in the same temporal setting as his audience. Unlike a modern day travel guide, in Description of Greece Pausanias tends to elaborate with discussion of an ancient ritual or to impart a myth related to the site he is visiting. His style of writing would not become popular again until
72-459: Is honest about his sourcing, sometimes confirming contemporary knowledge by him that may be lost to modern researchers. Until twentieth-century archaeologists concluded that Pausanias was a reliable guide to sites being excavated, classicists largely had dismissed the writings of Pausanias as purely literary. Following their presumed authoritative contemporary Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , classicists tended to regard him as little more than
90-497: Is the name of several characters in Greek mythology. Amphion may also refer to: Pausanias (geographer) Nothing is known about Pausanias apart from what historians can piece together from his own writing. However, it is probable that he was born c. 110 AD into a Greek family and was probably a native of Lydia in Asia Minor. From c. 150 until his death around 180, Pausanias travelled throughout
108-2405: The Iliad Achaeans Acamas Achilles Agamemnon (king of Mycenae) Agapenor Ajax the Greater (king of Salamis) Ajax the Lesser Alcimus Anticlus Antilochus Arcesilaus Ascalaphus Automedon Balius and Xanthus Bias Calchas (prophet) Diomedes (king of Argos) Elephenor Epeius Eudoros Euryalus Eurybates Eurydamas Eurypylus Guneus Helen (queen of Sparta) Ialmenus Idomeneus (king of Crete) Iphigenia (princess of Mycenae) Leitus Leonteus Lycomedes Machaon Medon Meges Menelaus (king of Sparta) Menestheus Meriones Neoptolemus Nestor (king of Pylos) Nireus Odysseus (king of Ithaca) Palamedes Patroclus Peneleos Philoctetes Phoenix Podalirius Podarces Polites Polypoetes Promachus Protesilaus Prothoenor Schedius Sinon Stentor Sthenelus Talthybius Teucer Thersites Thoas Thrasymedes Tlepolemus Trojans Aeneas (royal demigod) Aesepus Agenor Alcathous Amphimachus Anchises Andromache Antenor (king's brother-in-law) Antiphates Antiphus Archelochus Asius Asteropaios Astyanax Atymnius Axylus Briseis Calesius Caletor Cassandra (princess of Troy) Chryseis Chryses (priest of Apollo) Clytius Coön Dares Phrygius Deiphobus (prince of Troy) Dolon Epistrophus Euphemus Euphorbus Glaucus Gorgythion Hector (prince of Troy) Hecuba (queen of Troy) Helenus Hyperenor Hypsenor Iamenus Ilioneus Imbrius Iphidamas Kebriones Laocoön Lycaon (prince of Troy) Melanippus Memnon (King of Ethiopia) Mentes Mydon Mygdon of Phrygia Othryoneus Pandarus Panthous Paris (prince of Troy) Pedasus Peirous Penthesilea (Queen of
126-1964: The Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. He was a commander of the Epeans, together with Meges and Dracius . Amphion, friend of the celebrated architect Epeius . He was killed by Aeneas . Amphion, centaur who attended Pirithous ' wedding, fought against the Lapiths , tried to plunder Pholus of his wine and was killed by Heracles . Notes [ edit ] [REDACTED] Ancient Greece portal [REDACTED] Myths portal ^ / æ m ˈ f aɪ . ɒ n / ( Ancient Greek : Ἀμφίων , romanized : Amphīōn "native of two lands",(Graves, p. 669) derived from ἀμφί amphi "on both sides, in all directions, surrounding" as well as "around, about, near", Latin Amphīon , adjective Amphionian) ^ Homer , Odyssey 11.260–3 ; Brill's New Pauly s.v. Amphion ; Grimal, s.v. Amphion, p. 38. ^ Pausanias , 6.20.18 ^ Diodorus Siculus , 4.68.6 ^ Scholia ad Homer , Odyssey 11.281 citing Pherecydes fr. 117= Fowler (2013), vol. 1 p. 338 ; Apollodorus , 1.9.9 ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.10 ^ Pausanias, 7.26.12 ^ Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica 1.176 ^ Valerius Flaccus , 1.367 ^ Hyginus , Fabulae 14 ^ Homer, Iliad 13.685–93 ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus , 10.111 ^ Diodorus Siculus , 4.12.7 References [ edit ] Apollodorus , The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4 . Online version at
144-761: The Amazons) Phorcys Podes Polites Polydamas Polybus Polydorus (prince of Troy) Polyxena (princess of Troy) Priam (king of Troy) Pylaemenes Pylaeus Pyraechmes Rhesus of Thrace Sarpedon (king of Lycia) Scamandrius Theano Ucalegon Gods Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Dionysus Eris Hades Helios Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hypnos Iris Leto Poseidon Scamander Thanatos Thetis Zeus [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes
162-485: The Argonautica Achaeans (Homer) Mythological Achaeans Mythological Eleans Minyans Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Misplaced Pages articles incorporating a citation from EB9 All set index articles Amphion (disambiguation) Amphion
180-806: The Perseus Digital Library . Gaius Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com. Graves, Robert , The Greek Myths , Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. ISBN 978-0143106715 Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology , Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1 . Homer , The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at
198-762: The Perseus Digital Library. Pausanias , Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Quintus Smyrnaeus , The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com External links [ edit ] "Amphion" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. I (9th ed.). 1878. p. 774. v t e Characters in
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#1732781146366216-959: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica . George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Brill’s New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 1 , A-Ari, editors: Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, Brill , 2002. ISBN 978-90-04-12258-1 . Online version at Brill . Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at
234-444: The early nineteenth century when contemporary travel guides resembled his. In the topographical aspect of his work, Pausanias makes many natural history digressions on the wonders of nature documented at the time, the signs that herald the approach of an earthquake , the phenomena of the tides , the ice-bound seas of the north, and that at the summer solstice the noonday sun casts no shadow at Syene ( Aswan ). While he never doubts
252-439: The existence of the deities and heroes, he criticizes some of the myths and legends he encountered during his travels as differing from earlier cultural traditions that he relates or notes. His descriptions of monuments of art are plain and unadorned, bearing a solid impression of reality. Pausanias is frank in acknowledging personal limitations. When he quotes information at second hand rather than relating his own experiences, he
270-532: The father of Chloris , wife of Neleus and Phylomache , wife of Pelias ; these husbands are sons of Tyro and Poseidon . Amphion, son of Hyperasius , son of Pelles , son of Phorbas . From Achaean Pellene , he and his brother Asterius were counted among the Argonauts that sailed to Colchis . In two separate accounts, Hypso was called their mother while Hippasus was said to be their father. Amphion of Elis , an Achaean warrior who took part in
288-568: The mainland of Greece, writing about various monuments, sacred spaces, and significant geographical sites along the way. In writing his Description of Greece , Pausanias sought to put together a lasting written account of "all things Greek", or panta ta hellenika . Being born in Asia Minor , Pausanias was of Greek heritage. He grew up and lived under the rule of the Roman Empire , but valued his Greek identity, history, and culture. He
306-572: The walls of the city. Amphion married Niobe , and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children (the Niobids ) at the hands of Apollo and Artemis . Diodorus Siculus calls Chloris his daughter, but the other accounts of her parentage identify her father as another Amphion, the ruler of Minyan Orchomenus (see below). Amphion, king of the Minyan Orchomenus and son of Iasus . By Persephone , daughter of Minyas , he became
324-762: Was keen to describe the glories of a Greek past that still was relevant in his lifetime, even if the country was beholden to Rome as a dominating imperial force. Pausanias's pilgrimage throughout the land of his ancestors was his own attempt to establish a place in the world for this new Roman Greece, connecting myths and stories of ancient culture to those of his own time. Pausanias has a straightforward and simple writing style. He is, overall, direct in his language, writing his stories and descriptions unelaborately. However, some translators have noted that Pausanias's use of various prepositions and tenses may be confusing and difficult to render in English. For example, Pausanias may use
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