Pausanias
[paw-sey-nee-uh s] /pɔˈseɪ ni əs/
noun
1.
flourished a.d. c175, Greek traveler, geographer, and author.
/pɔːˈseɪnɪəs/
noun
1.
2nd century ad, Greek geographer and historian. His Description of Greece gives a valuable account of the topography of ancient Greece
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