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The sacred in
Epidauros One of the most famous ancient monuments in Greece, the area of the Sanctuary, as the preserved,for 25 centuries, by the locals name. |
| The temple as built
in 300 B.C. by Theodotus and in the vestibule existed
statue of gold and ivory of the god Aeskulapius. The
sanctuary with its rare architectural variety was
maintained since 87 B.C. until it was pilaged by Sylas
and his soldiers. It continued operating, under the
protection of the Romans. In the temples of Aesculapius resorted, during the ancient times, the sick in order to request from the god to designate them a heal method. The ritual was the following : the clergy submitted the patients in special psychological preparation, to end up sleeping in special arcades, the Egimitiria, where Aesculapius would suggest them in a dream the appropriate treatment. The priests were responsible to interpretate the god's suggestions. |
| According to the excavatory
findings (copper medical instruments) the suggestions
didn't limit in pharmaceutical treatments(herbs) but
there were also surgery operations taking place. It is
believed that the medical knowledge of the priests of
Aesculapius comprised a secret which passed on from one
to another. The worship of Aesculapius began in 420 B.C. and went on till the end of ancient times, the 5th century B.C. A basilica was established in the area of the temple, for the construction of which many architectural parts were used. |
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