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'Death of Pausanias', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'Death of Pausanias', 1890. Pausanias, Spartan regent and general suspected of conspiring with Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars, on arrest he escaped to the temple of Athena, was held siege and died of starvation. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890].

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'Death of Pausanias', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'Death of Pausanias', 1890. Pausanias, Spartan regent and general suspected of conspiring with Xerxes I during the Greco-Persian Wars, on arrest he escaped to the temple of Athena, was held siege and died of starvation. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

Personalities:

PAUSANIAS

Technique/material:

engraving

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Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images

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Image size:

5538 x 3748 px | 59.4 MB

Print size:

46.9 x 31.7 cm | 18.5 x 12.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

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