flourished AD 143176
Greek traveler and geographer.
His Description of Greece is an invaluable guide to ancient ruins. He describes the religious art and architecture of Olympia and Delphi , the pictures and inscriptions at Athens , the statue of Athena on the Acropolis , and (outside the city) the monuments of famous men and of Athenians fallen in battle. According to James George Frazer , without Pausanias the ruins of Greece would be "a labyrinth without a clue, a riddle without an answer."