📷 Tom D'Arby · Pexels
Where in the world
Greece
The site
Epidaurus was a small Greek polis on the Argolid Peninsula beside the Saronic Gulf, celebrated for its sanctuary of Asclepius, god of healing. Its ancient theatre, renowned for exemplary architecture and famous acoustics, drew visitors then as now, and in 1988 both were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The site was pivotal in the spread of healing cults across the Greek and Roman worlds.
Field notes
- civilizations
- Greek
- types
- City · Sunken city
- built
- 400 BCE — 300 BCE
- occupied
- 800 BCE — 426 CE
- visitors
- 469,060 / year
- country
- Greece
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Notable finds
Renowned pieces unearthed at Epidaurus — and where they are today
statueNike of Epidauros▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
statueStatuette of Nike▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
statueStatue of Hygieia by Timotheos▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
figurineStatuette of Nike▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
figurineStatuette of Nike▸National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Figures of this place
Laid to rest, born or died at Epidaurus
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Aristion of Epidaurusborn hereancient Olympic boxerMonuments & structures
What stands within Epidaurus
hieronSanctuary of Asclepius, Epidaurus
Greek theatreLittle Theatre of Epidaurus
