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Between hellenism and the Roman Empire. The visit of Pausanias to Corinth

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  • Álvaro Moreno Leoni Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto
No. 37 (2018)

Abstract

Pausanias was an enigmatic Greek aristocrat from the Lydian area of Magnesia ad Sypilum, in Roman Asia Minor. In mid 2ndcentury AD he travelled through Greece and published, maybe between 155 and 175 AD, a Periegesis in which he sought to construct an image of the past in order to shape a Greek identity in the present. The aim of this paper is to show in some digressions the disagreements between Pausanias and his “local” sources, possibly “oral”. Especially, the discussion will take into account the specific vision of the periegete on Corinth and the cult to Deima. It will allow to understand the periegete’s vision on Roman Corinth and the “Greekness” of its contemporary inhabitants.

Keywords:

Pausanias, Corinth, Hellenism, Roman Empire, Identity

Author Biography

Álvaro Moreno Leoni, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto

Doctor en Historia. Profesor Adjunto de Sociedades Antiguas de la Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto y Profesor Asistente de Historia Antigua General de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina). Investigador en el Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Pertenencia Institucional: Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto - CIECS/UNC-CONICET.

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Moreno Leoni, Álvaro. (2018). Between hellenism and the Roman Empire. The visit of Pausanias to Corinth. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (37), pp. 175–196. Retrieved from https://anales.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/51558
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