William Hutton, Hutton William

Describing Greece

Landscape and Literature in the Periegesis of Pausanias

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the most important work of non-fiction travel literature in antiquity, Pausanias' Description of Greece.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9780521072243
• ISBN-10: 0521072247
• Artikelnr.: 24725593

Autorenporträt

William Hutton is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at the College of William & Mary, Virginia. He has published articles on classical studies in Minos and Ancient History Bulletin.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Pausanias' world
3. Designing the Periegesis
4. Marking territories
5. City descriptions
6. The landscapes of language
7. Sui generis
8. A periegete's progress.