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The 3,000-Year-Old Ancient Greek Vine of Pausanias
Greek Reporter 10 Jun 2026
The Vine of Pausanias is tangled and about 100 meters long ... When ancient Greek geographer Pausanias sat down to rest beneath the shade of the giant vine, he was unaware it was probably the oldest in the world ... Pausanias went for the trout.
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Bible Account of St. Paul’s Shipwreck May Point to an Island Close to Greece, Not Malta
Greek Reporter 21 Apr 2026
Shipwreck of St Paul. Painting by Mattia Preti ... Credit ... One example of the wider use of the term “Adriatic Sea” appears in the writings of Pausanias ... In a passage, Pausanias provided a detailed description of the island of Sicily ... ....
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The Unknown Legendary Ancestry of Greek Scientist Pythagoras
Greek Reporter 03 Apr 2026
One of our best sources about the ancestry of this Greek scientist is Pausanias. Pausanias lived in the second century CE some 700 years after Pythagoras himself ... According to Pausanias, he was the son of a man named Mnesarchus.
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Laurel: The Humble Leaf That Embodies the Spirit of Ancient Greece and Beyond
Greek Reporter 27 Mar 2026
According to Pausanias, Apollo even built a temple entirely of bay laurel and established the Pythian Games, a yearly festival and athletic competition honoring Python, the serpent he had slain.
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