Pausanias' Greece
Ancient Artists and Roman Rulers

A study of Pausanias' chronicles of his extensive travels in Greece in the second century AD.

K. W. Arafat (Author)

9780521604185, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 5 August 2004

264 pages, 1 map
22.9 x 15.3 x 1.7 cm, 0.4 kg

"...ploughing through the book is worthwhile....Arafat makes many good points." Hugh Elton, New England Classical Journal

This is the first systematic and detailed study of Pausanias' view of Roman involvement in Greece. It begins with an assessment of Pausanias' life and writings, placing them in their contemporary political, historical, literary and cultural context. Pausanias' attitudes towards the art and artists of the pre-Roman period are also considered, and his attempts to define and analyse the past examined. Much of the book is devoted to the assessment of Pausanias' attitudes to the political Republican leaders Mummius, Sulla and Julius Caesar, emperors from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius, and benefactors such as Herodes Atticus. The study reveals the complexity and sophistication of Pausanias' critique of the actions and attitudes of prominent Roman personalities engaged with the Greek world.

1. Introduction
2. Pausanias on the past
3. Pausanias on the rulers of Roman Greece 1: introduction, Mummius and Sulla
4. Pausanias on the rulers of Roman Greece 2: Caesar and Augustus
5. Pausanias on the rulers of Roman Greece 3: Nero to Marcus Aurelius
6. Pausanias on Herodes Atticus and other benefactors
7. Conclusions
Bibliography
Indexes.

Subject Areas: History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE [ACG]