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periegesis

Noun

Meaning

periegesis (plural periegeses)

A description of an area or territory.
a periegesis of Greece

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Pausanias, Periegesis vi.25.1; Aphrodite Pandemos was represented in the same temple riding on a goat, symbol of purely carnal rut: "The meaning of the tortoise and of the he-goat I leave to those who care to guess," Pausanias remarks. Source: Internet

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