Name: Pausanias's Description of Greece 6 Volume Set: Pausanias's Description of Greece: Volume 2, Commentary on Book i Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)
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Author: James George Frazer
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Pausanias's Description of Greece 6 Volume Set: Pausanias's Description of Greece: Volume 2, Commentary on Book i Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics)

Type

Physical Book

Illustrated by

James George Frazer

Translated by

James George Frazer

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Author

James George Frazer

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

626

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6x14x3.5 cm

Weight

0.78 kg.

ISBN

1108047246

ISBN13

9781108047241

Edition No.

Synopsis "Pausanias's Description of Greece 6 Volume Set: Pausanias's Description of Greece: Volume 2, Commentary on Book i Paperback (Cambridge Library Collection - Classics) "

Sir James Frazer (1854-1941) is best remembered today for The Golden Bough, widely considered to be one of the most important early texts in the fields of psychology and anthropology. Originally a classical scholar, whose entire working life was spent at Trinity College, Cambridge, Frazer also produced this translation of and commentary on the works of Pausanias, the second-century CE traveller and antiquarian whose many references to myths and legends provided him with material for his great study of religion. The six-volume work was published in 1898, after the first edition of The Golden Bough (also reissued in this series), and while Frazer was working on material for the second. Volume 2 is a detailed commentary on Pausanias' Book I, on Attica, using both the experience of Frazer's own travels in Greece and the reports of other antiquarians and archaeologists.

James George Frazer

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James George Frazer (1854–1941) was an influential Scottish anthropologist and folklorist, a pioneer in the comparative studies of mythology and religion. He was born in Glasgow and studied at the universities of Glasgow and Cambridge. His most notable work, The Golden Bough, initially published in 1890 and expanded into twelve volumes between 1906 and 1915, analyzes the similarities between myths, rites, and beliefs from various cultures, proposing an evolution from magic to religion and, finally, to science.

Frazer was a professor at the University of Liverpool and a member of the Royal Society. Despite his partial blindness from 1930, he continued his academic work. His methodological approach was based on the collection of historical data and testimonies, without conducting direct fieldwork, which has been subject to criticism.

His legacy endures in the influence that The Golden Bough had on literature and modern thought, inspiring writers like T.S. Eliot. Although his evolutionary theory has been questioned, his ability to identify common patterns across different cultures remains a significant contribution to the study of comparative religions.

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