People · 1690–1746
Michel Fourmont
French orientalist and collector of inscriptions
Sent to Greece by Louis XV to search for inscriptions and manuscripts, he drew a sketch of the Argive plain in 1729 marking the 'fountain of Lerna' and marshes full of eels.
Also written: Μισέλ Φουρμόν, Abbé Fourmont
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1729
Fourmont sketches the 'fountain of Lerna'
The French scholar Michel Fourmont, sent to Greece by King Louis XV to search for inscriptions and manuscripts, drew a sketch of the Argive plain in 1729. On it he marked the 'fontaine de Lerna', a 'temple of Diana' and…