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This is an attractive 1791 map of Argolis in Ancient Greece. The map covers the region southwest to the Isthmus of Corinth and includes the island of Aegina. The cities of Athens, Corinth, Troezen, epidaurus , and Argos are identified. It is here that the Shrine of epidaurus, dedicated to the god of medicine, Asclepius, was located. Prepared by M. Barbie de Bocage in 1791 to illustrate the Travels of Anacharsis.
Anacharsis was a Scythian philosopher who travelled from his homeland on the northern shores of the Black Sea to Athens in the early 6th century BCe. Apparently he made a great impression on the Greeks, who considered him a forthright, outspoken 'barbarian. He is considered a forerunner of the Cynics.
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