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Showing posts with label Pausanias. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pausanias. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2024

Britomartis, Deified by Artemis: Pausanias, Description of Greece 2.30.3

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Britomartis, Deified by Artemis Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :  ...
Saturday, October 29, 2022

The Greeks Honoring the Fallen Amazons: Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1.41.7

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  Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece  1.4...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

M/M: My Love Will Protect You...from a Dragon! Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 9.26.7-8

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The Thespian Dragon Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Descript...
Sunday, June 26, 2022

The Tomb of Hyacinthos: Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 3.19

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Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece 3.19 ...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

Arethusa, an ace nymph; Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 5.7.2

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Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece 5.7.2 ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

A Temple and A Constellation: The Worship of the Asexual Prince Hippolytus, Pausanias 2.32.1

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Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation :      Description of Greece 2.32.1...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Can I Forgive Him? The Afterlife of Hippolytus, Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 2.27.4

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Can I Forgive Him? The Rebirth of Virbius Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] ...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: Cynisca at the Olympics, Pausanias, Desc. Graec. III.viii.1

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 When Archidamus died, he was survived by two sons: Agis and Agesilaus. Agis, the older of his children, began to rule. Archidamus also had ...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: the Olympic Gold Medalist Cynisca, Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 3.15.1

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Cynisca, Princess of Sparta and Olympic Champion Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey...

Tiresias and Their Daughter: Pausanias, Desc. Graec. 9.33.1-2

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Mount Tilphussius and the Tilphussan spring are no more than fifty stadia from Haliartus. It is said that after they had captured Thebes, th...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: The Poet Corinna, Pausanias, Descriptio Graeciae, 9.22.3

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  There is a famous monument in the heart of the city for Corinna, the only famous poet from Tanagra; it lies in the Gymnasium. Corinna is d...

M/M: The Lion of Chaeronea: Pausanias, Descriptio Graeciae, IX.xl.9

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The Lion of Chaeronea was a memorial dedicated to the Theban Band (an army of paired lovers) who fell at the Battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE ...
Saturday, July 24, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: The Warrior Poet Telesilla Saves the Day, Pausanias, Desc. Graec.2.20.8-9

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By the theater is a shrine to Venus, and in front of that is a column that depicts the poet Telesilla. [In the portrait,] there are books of...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

M/M: We Both Go Down Together: The Toxic Relationship of Meles & Timagoras

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    In front of the entrance to the Academy, there is an altar to Love with the inscription “Charmos the Athenian first dedicated this to Lo...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Challenging Gender Roles: Belistiche the Olympic Gold Medalist

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Belistiche: The Olympic Champion Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Citation ...

Challenging Gender Roles: One Proud Olympic Mama! Pausanias, Desc. Gr. V.vi.7-8

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  On the road to Olympia, on your way to Scillus and before you cross the Alpheius, there is a really tall mountain with jagged rocks called...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

W/W: Reunited in Death: Chloris & Thyia, Pausanias, Description of Greece 10.29.5

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Chloris and Thyia, Together Even in Death Name :  Pausanias Date :        110 – 180 CE Region:     Lydia [modern Turkey] Ci...