- Born
- 440s BCE
- Died
- 430 BCE
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2 identifiers linking Myrtis across the web's reference databases
10 statements · 10% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
2 identifiers linking Myrtis across the web's reference databases
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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. The name was chosen from common ancient Greek names. The analysis showed that Myrtis and two other bodies in the mass grave had died of typhoid fever during the Plague of Athens in 430 BC.