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| Keywords: 1788 Bocage Map of Thessaly in Ancient Greece ( the home of Achilles) - Geographicus - Thessaly-white-1793.jpg This lovely little map of Thessaly just south of Macedonia in Ancient Greece was prepared by M Barbie de Bocage in 1786 for the Travels of Anarcharsis Taken from the early D ™Anville map Thessaly is the legendary seat of Phthiotis home of Achilles and his Myrmidons who were so prominently featured in the Illiad Achilles ™s father King Peleus ruled this region There is also a curious theory that the people of Thessaly were blond drawn from Homer ™s reference to Achillies 1788 Size in 12 8 object history credit line accession number Thessaly-white-1793 Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Maps by Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage for The Travels of Anacharsis Old maps of Thessaly Ancient Thessaly 1788 maps Maps in English | ||||
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