Epidauros

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This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as “Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus”.

Epidauros (griechisch Ἐπίδαυρος, lateinisch: Epidaurus) ist die bedeutendste antike Kultstätte für den Heilgott Asklepios in Griechenland auf der Halbinsel Peloponnes.

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  Plan der verschiedenen Bebauungen in Epidauros
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  antikes Stadion; links: neu geordnet, rechts: original wie ausgegraben
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  Eingangsbereich des Gymnasion in Rekonstruktion (April 2008)
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  Innenansicht des Museums in Epidauros (1)
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  Innenansicht des Museums in Epidauros (2)
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  Hygieia (1)English: Statue of Hygieia, Pentelic marble, found at Epidauros. The goddess is depicted leaning forwards to feed the snake, the symbol of Askleopios and of Hygieia herself, part of which is preserved next to her left leg. The sculpture is attributed to the sculptor Timotheos. About 380-370 BC.
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  Hygieia (2)
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  Hygieia (4)
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  Nereide (1)English: Statue of a Nereid or Aura on horseback, Pentelic marble, found at Epidauros. This was the right corner akroterion on the west pediment of the temple of Asklepios. The goddess is depicted on horseback rising from the Ocean, by Timotheos, about 380 BC.
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  Nereide (3)
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  Nike (1)English: Statuette of Nike, Parian marble, found at Epidauros. The figur was the left akroterion on the west pediment of the temple of Artemis. Nike flies forward advancing her right leg. The wings were made of a separate piece of marble and set in the sockets preserverd in the shoulders of the figure. Late 4th c. BC.
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  Nike (2)
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  Antikes Theater in Epidauros (1)