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[[File:ACOD_Sanctuary_of_Asklepios.jpg|thumb|250px|Sanctuary of Asklepios]]
The '''Sanctuary of Asklepios''' was a temple complex dedicated to [[Asklepios]], the [[Greece|Greek]] god of healing, located within the [[Valley of Dreams]] in [[Argolis]], [[Greece]].
The '''Sanctuary of Asklepios''' was a temple complex dedicated to [[Asklepios]], the [[Greece|Greek]] god of healing, located within the [[Valley of Dreams]] in [[Argolis]], [[Greece]].


As a complex, the sanctuary housed multiple buildings, including the [[Abaton]], the [[Epidauros Sanctuary]] and the [[Guesthouse, Argolis|guesthouse]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>
As a complex, the sanctuary housed multiple buildings including the [[Abaton]], the [[Epidauros Sanctuary]] and the [[Guesthouse, Argolis|guesthouse]].<ref name="ACOd">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


During the [[Peloponnesian War]] the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the sanctuary while searching for her [[Myrrine|mother]].<ref name="ACOd" />
The priests of the sanctuary kept records of all the patients, their ills and their cures. These they inscribed into stone, so "that the glory of Asklepios can be celebrated."<ref name="Written in Stone">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Written in Stone]]</ref>
 
==History==
At some point the priestess of [[Hera]], [[Chrysis]], seized the control of the sanctuary and the priests within. While most acquiesced out of fear, some joined her like [[Pleistos]] and some protested. Though she allowed the daily life to go on as it had, she forbid collaboration with [[Hippokrates]], considering his methods and ways impious. Chrysis also sought to demolish all mention and memory of the visit of a [[Sparta]]n [[Myrrine|woman]] with an injured [[Alexios|baby]], going as far as to scratch out most of the stone slab wherein her visit was recorded,<ref name="Written in Stone" /> and cut out the tongue of the priest who had treated them the most, [[Mydon]].<ref name="Ashes to Ashes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[Ashes to Ashes]]</ref>
 
When rumours reached Chrysis about the Spartan ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] looking for her mother, she tightened her hold, and had all the priests of the sanctuary swear not to tell her anything, on the pain of death.<ref name="A Heart for a Head">''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]'' – [[A Heart for a Head]]</ref>


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"The Sanctuary of Asklepios, god of medicine. I'd rather trust a physician than a god to heal me."
―Kassandra[src]
Sanctuary of Asklepios

The Sanctuary of Asklepios was a temple complex dedicated to Asklepios, the Greek god of healing, located within the Valley of Dreams in Argolis, Greece.

As a complex, the sanctuary housed multiple buildings including the Abaton, the Epidauros Sanctuary and the guesthouse.[1]

The priests of the sanctuary kept records of all the patients, their ills and their cures. These they inscribed into stone, so "that the glory of Asklepios can be celebrated."[2]

History

At some point the priestess of Hera, Chrysis, seized the control of the sanctuary and the priests within. While most acquiesced out of fear, some joined her like Pleistos and some protested. Though she allowed the daily life to go on as it had, she forbid collaboration with Hippokrates, considering his methods and ways impious. Chrysis also sought to demolish all mention and memory of the visit of a Spartan woman with an injured baby, going as far as to scratch out most of the stone slab wherein her visit was recorded,[2] and cut out the tongue of the priest who had treated them the most, Mydon.[3]

When rumours reached Chrysis about the Spartan misthios Kassandra looking for her mother, she tightened her hold, and had all the priests of the sanctuary swear not to tell her anything, on the pain of death.[4]

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