{{Short description|Ancient description of an area or territory}} {{Unreferenced|date=April 2026}} 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:

* Description of Greece (Ἑλλάδος περιήγησις, ''Hellados Periegesis''), in prose, 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''

==See also==

* Periplus, an itinerary of ports and coastal landmarks * Periodos ges of Hecataeus of Miletus

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Category:Travelogues