Ancient Greek deity

Asklepios (Asclepius)

Explore sacred places with reviewed veneration relationships to Asklepios (Asclepius).

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Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidauros

Epidauros, Peloponnese, Greece

Epidauros was the principal sanctuary of Asklepios, Greek god of healing, and the mother-shrine from which all other Asklepieia drew their authority....

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UNESCOAncient Greek and Roman

Epidauros

Municipal Unit of Epidavros, Peloponnese, Greece

Epidauros was the most important healing sanctuary in the ancient Greek world. Here, in an intimate valley of the Peloponnese, patients came to sleep in the sacred...

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Hellenistic Greek

Asklepieion of Kos

Kos, South Aegean, Greece

The Asklepieion of Kos is an archaeological sanctuary associated with Asklepios and the island's history of medicine....