Description of Greece

Summary

Description of Greece is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Description of Greece authored Pausanias^[3].
• Description of Greece's instance of is recorded as literary work^[4].
• Description of Greece's genre is travel book^[5].
• Description of Greece's Commons category is recorded as Pausanias's Description of Greece^[6].
• Description of Greece's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek^[7].
• Description of Greece comprises Pausanias' description of Delphi^[8].
• Description of Greece's has edition or translation is recorded as Description de la Grèce (tr. Clavier)^[9].
• Description of Greece's has edition or translation is recorded as Description of Greece (tr. Jones and Ormerod)^[10].
• Description of Greece's has edition or translation is recorded as The Description of Greece (tr. Taylor)^[11].
• Description of Greece's has edition or translation is recorded as Pausaniae Graeciae descriptio (ed. Facius, 1795)^[12].
• Description of Greece's main subject is Ancient Greece^[13].
• Description of Greece dates from the Roman Empire^[14].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as deity born from sea-foam^[15].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as three-eyed deity^[16].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as deity's wagon drawn by unusual animals^[17].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as deity of roads^[18].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as river-god^[19].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as Phaëton^[20].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as navel of the earth^[21].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as primeval hero moves islands into their present position^[22].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as poplars from weeping maidens transformed by deity^[23].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as Llewellyn and his dog^[24].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as long-lived animals^[25].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as crow lives nine generations of men, deer 36, raven 108, phoenix 972, nymphs 9720^[26].
• Description of Greece's narrative motif is recorded as tabu: eating beans^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Description of Greece authored Pausanias^[3].

Publication

Description of Greece's language of work or name is recorded as Ancient Greek^[7]. Its genre is travel book^[5].

Subject and Themes

Description of Greece's main subject is Ancient Greece^[13].

Material and Period

Description of Greece dates from the Roman Empire^[14].

Why It Matters

Description of Greece ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (676 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]