If the well-traveled Odysseus is a mythical figure of ancient times, Herodotus, Pausanias, and many other ancient writers are real travelers who recorded in detail the interesting and curious things they encountered on their journeys.

The series "Great Travelers of Antiquity" includes 16 books that will take you on a journey through time and place:

• Pausanias' Travels (10 volumes): The most famous traveler of antiquity recorded information about the religious sites, myths, history, and economy of various regions of Ancient Greece.
• Minor Geographers (3 volumes): From Greece to the frozen north and the Pillars of Hercules, the Minor Geographers pushed the boundaries of the known world at that time. (Annon, Scylax, Heracleides the critic, Dionysius of Calliphon, Dionysius of Byzantium, Agatharchides of Knidos, Pytheas of Massalia, Artemidorus of Ephesus).
• Herodotus - Book II (Euterpe): Herodotus' narratives from his journey to Egypt, full of strange customs, stories intertwined with myths, and foreign gods, will keep your interest unwavering.
• Xenophon - Anabasis (2 volumes): A soldier and not a traveler, Xenophon in Anabasis records, in addition to the history of the expedition of the Greek mercenaries alongside Cyrus, detailed information about the places of his great journey.