King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C.

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Credit: King Arcesilaus of Cyrenaica overseeing the packaging of silphium (the country's main source of income) into ships for export. Gouache painting by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Spartan cylix, c. 580-550 B.C. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.