The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and AthensTwo lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . PLATE XIX—Portico of Eumenes and Acropolis arrangements there. Situated on the south side of the Acropolis,at an elevation of perhaps eighty feet above the plain, adjoiningon the east the theatre of Dionysus, the locality was probablyas healthy as any the immediate neighbourhood of Athenscould supply. The heat no doubt was great in summer, butwe may conclude that a grove of large trees afforded gratefulshade to the sick. ASKLEPIOS AT EPIDAUROS AND ATHENS 23 Plate XIX re

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The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and AthensTwo lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . PLATE XIX—Portico of Eumenes and Acropolis arrangements there. Situated on the south side of the Acropolis,at an elevation of perhaps eighty feet above the plain, adjoiningon the east the theatre of Dionysus, the locality was probablyas healthy as any the immediate neighbourhood of Athenscould supply. The heat no doubt was great in summer, butwe may conclude that a grove of large trees afforded gratefulshade to the sick. ASKLEPIOS AT EPIDAUROS AND ATHENS 23 Plate XIX represents the remains of the Stoa or Porticoof Eumenes (so called) lying to the south of the Acropolis. Tothe extreme left is seen the temple of the Nike Apteros, and on tempie-thcmisO NNCA W»«0 0» AMtON. OPEN 9PAXES,PROBABLY SEMS. STATUARY. / Il tA- HI \iV8 CONTAINING LARGE TREES, _ VJJ(^ SKRINES««»VOTIVI TARU3 ** 1 Szzz •koEKHAPS AN OPEN-AIR GNMNASUM SOUTHERN BOUNDARY ?—--?:-: t- SACRED PRECINCT _[_ _____ PLATE XX—Attempt at an Outline: Restoration of the Asklepieion atAthens (R. C.)

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