SOURCE: "Pausanias and the Evidence of Inscriptions," Classical Antiquity, Vol. 3, No. 1, April, 1984, pp. 40-56.
In the following essay, Habicht explains the role of mythology in Pausanias's Description of Greece, the importance of Pausanias's work in identifying archaeological discoveries, and the weight Pausanias gave to inscriptions.
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