Myrtis

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Illustration

by Tilemahos Efthimiadis
published on 24 August 2016

A reconstrcution of the girl known as Myrtis, who died from the plague which hit Athens 430-427 BCE. She was buried in the Kerameikos cemetery of the city.

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Based on Wikipedia content that has been reviewed, edited, and republished. Original image by Tilemahos Efthimiadis. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 24 August 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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APA Style

Efthimiadis, T. (2016, August 24). Myrtis. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5518/myrtis/

Chicago Style

Efthimiadis, Tilemahos. "Myrtis." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 24, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5518/myrtis/.

MLA Style

Efthimiadis, Tilemahos. "Myrtis." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Aug 2016. Web. 21 Dec 2024.