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Myrtis (Ancient Greek: Μύρτις; fl. 6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet from Anthedon, a town in Boeotia. She was said to have taught the poets Pindar and Corinna. The only surviving record of her poetry is a paraphrase by Plutarch, discussing a local Boeotian legend. In antiquity she was included by Antipater of Thessalonica in his ...
Jun 11, 2020 · Myrtis is believed to have died in the Plague of Athens in 430-427 BC after experts were able to isolate genes of the disease that caused the deadly typhoid fever from her teeth.
The exhibition presents an important inter-disciplinary achievement, the reconstruction of an 11-year old child from antiquity. Archaeologists called her Myrtis, and she lived in 5th c. BC Athens, the "golden era" of Pericles.
Myrtis was made a "Millenium Friend" and her picture was posted on a website supporting the UN Millenium Goals as she carries a message to the world about disease prevention. "My death was inevitable. In the 5th century BC we had neither the knowledge nor the means to fight deadly illnesses.
Aug 31, 2010 · The exhibition “Myrtis: Face to Face with the Past” is centred on the facial reconstruction by scientists of an 11 year old Athenian girl that lived and died in ancient Athens during the 5th century BC. Her bones were discovered between 1994 and 1995 in a mass grave with another 150 bodies.
Oct 1, 2010 · Her suicide caused Dionysus to wreak havoc on Athens and peer-pressured other mythological Athenian girls to commit suicide. To atone for this sin and prevent real-life suicides, every spring ancient Athenian girls were placed on swings in trees (Erigone hanged herself).
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Myrtis is the name given by archaeologists to an 11-year-old girl from ancient Athens, whose remains were discovered in 1994–95 in a mass grave during work to build the metro station at Kerameikos, Greece. [1] The name was chosen from common ancient Greek names. [2]
