- Asklepieion; Ἀσκλαπιεῖον in
Doric dialect;
Latin aesculapīum),
plurally Asclepieia, was a
healing temple in
ancient Greece (and in the
wider ****enistic...
- the
legendary "father of medicine", may have
begun his career.
Other asclepieia were
situated in Trikala,
Gortys (Arcadia), and
Pergamum in Asia. In honour...
- the
legendary "father of medicine", may have
begun his career.
Other asclepieia were
situated in
Gortys (in Arcadia), and
Pergamum in Asia. From the fifth...
- son of Apollo.
Temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius,
known as
Asclepieia (Gr****: Ἀσκληπιεῖα; sing. Ἀσκληπιεῖον Asclepieion),
functioned as centers...
-
ancient Greece,
temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius,
known as
Asclepieia (Gr****: Ασκληπιεία, sing.
Asclepieion Ασκληπιείον),
functioned as centers...
- the most
important and
ancient of Asclepius'
healing temples,
called asclepieia. The city is
mentioned in Homer's
Iliad as
having parti****ted in the...
-
healing over time.
Temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius,
known as
Asclepieia (Ancient Gr****: Ἀσκληπιεῖα, sing. Ἀσκληπιεῖον, Asclepieion), functioned...
-
ancient Greece,
temples dedicated to the healer-god Asclepius,
known as
Asclepieia (Ancient Gr****: Ἀσκληπιεῖα, sing. Asclepieion, Ἀσκληπιεῖον), functioned...
- Gr**** world, but
temples dedicated to the
healing god
Aesclepius (called
Asclepieia)
functioned as
healing places as well as
places of worship. It is not...
- the
various healing gods. Sick or
injured Romans would often flock to
Asclepieia,
temples dedicated to Asclepius, the god of healing, as it was believed...
