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3 days ago · The geographer Pausanias records that Athena placed the infant Erichthonius into a small chest (cista), which she entrusted to the care of the three daughters of Cecrops: Herse, Pandrosos, and Aglauros of Athens.
Jun 29, 2024 · The Greek geographer Pausanias visited the city of _____ and described the temple of Demeter and a statue of Poseidon.
Jun 8, 2024 · Pausanias (2), grandson of *Pausanias (1), *Agiad king of Sparta 445–426 and 408–395 bce, his first reign as a minor during the temporary deposition of his father Pleistoanax.
Jun 17, 2024 · Pausanias was one of those Spartans who wanted to see the impetus of the Persian Wars maintained; he conquered much of Cyprus (a temporary conquest) and laid siege to Byzantium. But his arrogance and typically Spartan violence angered the other Greeks, “not least,” Thucydides says, “the Ionians and the newly liberated populations.”
- Simon Hornblower
3 days ago · The geographer Pausanias passed the shrine to Mysian Demeter on the road from Mycenae to Argos and reports that according to Argive tradition, the shrine was founded by an Argive named Mysius who venerated Demeter.
3 days ago · Other philosophers, on the contrary, say that Pan died precisely because Jesus Christ was born. However, when the geographer Pausanias traveled through Greece in the mid-2nd century, he discovered that Pan's sanctuaries, caves, and sacred mountains were still visited by his worshipers, especially in Arcadia. Sanctuary of Pan on Pnyx Hill in Athens.
Jun 13, 2024 · A pirate attack followed (69 bce), and, though Athenian control was restored by Rome in 42 bce, the Greek geographer Pausanias records that the island remained almost uninhabited.
