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[[File:Argolis-SoA-EpidaurosSanct.jpg|thumb|250px|The facade of the Epidauros Sanctuary]]
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The '''Epidauros Sanctuary''' was a temple located within the [[Sanctuary of Asklepios]] in [[Argolis]], [[Greece]]. It housed a large statue of the Greek god of healing, [[Asklepios]], and its walls were decorated with images of [[snake]]s as well as clay figures of ailing body parts, left by the patients seeking cure.
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The '''Epidauros Sanctuary''' was a temple located within the [[Sanctuary of Asklepios]] in [[Argolis]], [[Greece]]. It housed a large statue of the Greek god of healing, [[Asklepios]], and its walls were decorated with images of [[snake]]s.
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the place.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
 
During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Mercenary|''misthios'']] [[Kassandra]] visited the place.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The temple serves as a [[Viewpoint]].
*The look of the temple, especially the snake murals, are based on Alphonse Defrasse's [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade_of_temple_of_Aesculapius_at_Epidaurus_Wellcome_L0016949.jpg reconstruction] of Epidauros' Temple of Asklepios.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
File:Argolis-SoA-EpidaurosSanctint.jpg|Interior of the temple
Argolis-SoA-Asklepios.jpg|Seated statue of Asklepios within the temple
Argolis-SoA-Asklepios.jpg|Seated statue of Asklepios within the temple
Argolis-SoA-snakemural.jpg|Wall mural of snakes
Argolis-SoA-snakemural.jpg|Wall mural of snakes
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Appearance==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''


==Reference==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{ACOD}}
{{ACOD}}
[[Category:Locations in Argolis]]
[[Category:Locations in Argolis]]
[[Category:Locations in Valley of Dreams]]
[[Category:Sanctuaries]]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sanctuaries]]
[[Category:Viewpoints]]

Latest revision as of 00:17, 15 October 2021

The facade of the Epidauros Sanctuary

The Epidauros Sanctuary was a temple located within the Sanctuary of Asklepios in Argolis, Greece. It housed a large statue of the Greek god of healing, Asklepios, and its walls were decorated with images of snakes as well as clay figures of ailing body parts, left by the patients seeking cure.

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the place.[1]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • The look of the temple, especially the snake murals, are based on Alphonse Defrasse's reconstruction of Epidauros' Temple of Asklepios.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]