Description of Greece, Pausanias's second century CE travel and geographical account, records the sanctuaries, cult sites and local religious traditions he personally visited across Greece. Its strength is that it is a primary ancient eyewitness source, unusually detailed and geographically specific for its period. Its limit is that Pausanias sometimes reports local traditions and priestly explanations without independently verifying them, so a claim resting on a specific local legend he records should be read as evidence of what he was told, not as an independently confirmed historical fact; no publisher, year or url is given here because the work survives through ancient manuscript transmission rather than as a single dated edition.
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Pausanias's Description of Greece, his second century CE travel and geographical account, is a primary ancient eyewitness source recording sanctuaries he personally visited, treated at the top tier as that primary text, notwithstanding that Pausanias sometimes reports local traditions without independently verifying them. NotesPausanias's ancient Greek travel and geographical account of Greece and its sanctuaries.
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AuthorPausanias
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Greece directly: "Description of Greece, Pausanias's second century CE travel and geographical account, records the sanctuaries, cult sites and local religious traditions he personally visited across Greece."
Claims Backed By This Source (22 claims)
This source backs 22 claims across the atlas. As facts: 11 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 8 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 connected, 4 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Historical Figures, 5 claims: 1 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Deities, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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