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The Temples and Ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and Athens / Two Lectures Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Chapter 10: Transcriber’s Notes
By Richard Caton
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Two illustrated lectures present archaeological evidence from excavations at the sanctuaries of Asklepios in Epidauros and Athens, outlining temple layouts and associated buildings and offering restorations for structures such as the abaton, tholos, baths, and possible hostels or Prytaneion. Inscriptions, votive objects, and architectural remains are examined to infer ritual procedures linked to healing, including incubation and sacrificial banquets, and to suggest functions for auxiliary spaces. The account combines description, speculative reconstruction, and comparison with classical references to show how material finds illuminate ancient cult practice and healthcare-related activities.

Staïs (V.) Ἐφημερίς. 1892

—— Monuments d’Epidaure (Ἐφημερὶς Ἀρχαιολογική, 1886)

Vercoutre ( .) (Revue Archéologique, 1884-85)

Walton (A.) The cult of Asklepios (Cornell Studies, No. III)

Wilamowitz-Möllendorff (U. von) Isyllus von Epidaurus

Footnotes

[1]About one-third of the lantern slides are here reproduced.
[2]Montfaucon (L’Antiq. Explic. 1 ii 289) quotes a curious story to the effect that Dionysios, the Tyrant of Syracuse, visiting Epidauros, stole the massive golden beard from the figure of the god. He excused the theft on the ground that it was unseemly for Asklepios to wear a beard when his father Apollo had none!
[3]Lib. II cap. xxvii § 1.
[4]Lib. II cap. xxvii § 5.
[5]Modern Painters, V, Part ix, Ch. 5, § 3.
[6]An American friend suggests another explanation, viz., that the statue, although “set up by Epidauros,” was paid for and the inscription inspired by Philippos of Pergamos himself. Though St. John, in the Apocalypse (II. 13) speaks unfavourably of that city ὅπου ὁ Σατανᾶς κατοικεῖ one feels unwilling to accuse one of its inhabitants of so astute a form of advertising.
[7]This slab has accidentally been reversed in the process of reproduction.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • Silently corrected a few typos.
  • Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication.
  • In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by _underscores_.