People · fl. 1806–1816
G. D. Avramiotti
Physician in Argos and critic of Chateaubriand
He received Chateaubriand in Argos in 1806 and in 1816 published critical notes on his travel book. In them he describes 'the mills of Nauplia' at the foot of Pontinos, two hours from Nafplio and two from Argos.
Also written: Αβραμιώτης, Giovanni Dionisio Avramiotti, Avramiotti
Events
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19 August 1806
Chateaubriand spends a feverish night in the marsh
The French writer Chateaubriand, travelling from Argos in August 1806, got lost in the marshes at night. He found 'a farm in the middle of the marsh, near the village of Lerne', where the harvest had just been brought in…
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1816
'The mills of Nauplia', two hours from Nafplio and from Argos
In his critical notes on Chateaubriand's travels, printed in Padua in 1816, the Argos physician Avramiotti wrote that 'everyone knows' Lerna is the marsh a hundred paces from 'the mills of Nauplia', at the foot of Mount…