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Yet the city never relinquished control of internal affairs, and citizen participation in its government remained strong. Habicht chronicles the democracy's setbacks and recoveries over these years as it formed and suffered the consequences of various alliances.  He sketches its continuing role as a leader in intellectual life and the arts, as Menander and other Athenian playwrights saw their work produced throughout the Greek world; and the city's famous schools of philosophy, now including those of Zeno and Epicurus, remained a stellar attraction for students from around the Mediterranean. 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He investigates his background, chronology, and methods, and also discusses Pausanias' value as a guide for modern scholars and travellers, his attitude toward the Roman world he lived in, and his reception among critics in modern times. 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