Periegesis
# Periegesis

A periegesis (Ancient Greek περιήγησις 'leading around') is a geographical survey or travelogue, sometimes also called a periodos ' journey around' [sc. the world].

It is the name of several books:

* Periegesis of Greece, Ἑλλάδος περιήγησις, or Hellados Periegesis, in prose, usually translated as Description of Greece, by Pausanias
* Dionysius Periegetes of Alexandria's Οικουμένης περιήγησης Periegesis of the World, in hexameter, usually translated Survey of the World
   * Avienius's Latin translation of Dionysius Periegetes
   * Priscian's Latin translation of Dionysius Periegesis Prisciani, in hexameter
* Pseudo-Scymnus's Scymni Chii Periegesis, correctly called Περίοδος του Νικομήδη
* Mnaseas of Patras's Periegesis or Periplus
