ABSTRACT
Pausanias' Description of Greece could be quoted in full as an example of the Roman interest in cultural tourism and pilgrimage, and as a source of information on their interests and concerns (for example Eisner, 1994, 1997). Nevertheless, here we include only two brief passages in order to illustrate the interest of the ancient world in sites or things that are 'worth seeing'. Although this epithet is not used frequently enough to qualify as a criterion for the study of Pausanias' selectivity (Arafat, 1992: 389), it is indicative of the notion of travelling in order to visit things or sites that are worth a visit. The first refers to the theatre at Epidaurus, a monument that has a central place in the modern touristic guides to Greece, and forms part of the cultural tourist's itinerary. The second refers to the temple of Hera at Plataia (Boetia), a monument that today is at the margin of touristic interest.
