The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and AthensTwo lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . e than toany one else we owe the important additions lately made to thisbranch of archaeology. He worked in conjunction with the Greek ArchaeologicalSociety, and was aided by M. Stais, the Conservator of theNational Museum. Herr Baunack and others helped torestore and decipher the hundreds of inscriptions whichwere found—a work of no small difficulty. Various authorities more or less associated with theFrench School, such as M. Gerard, MM. Defrasse and Lechat,and Prof.
The temples and ritual of Asklepios at Epidauros and AthensTwo lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain . e than toany one else we owe the important additions lately made to thisbranch of archaeology. He worked in conjunction with the Greek ArchaeologicalSociety, and was aided by M. Stais, the Conservator of theNational Museum. Herr Baunack and others helped torestore and decipher the hundreds of inscriptions whichwere found—a work of no small difficulty. Various authorities more or less associated with theFrench School, such as M. Gerard, MM. Defrasse and Lechat,and Prof. Reinach ; Dr. Dorpfeld, Prof. Furtwangler, HerrBaunack, Dr. Kochler, and others associated with the GermanSchool, have had a share in the work or in recording itsresults. Comparatively little has been done by the English, andonly a limited amount of description has been published in ourlanguage. An interesting paper by Professor Percy Gardner,in his New Chapters in Greek History, some valuable referencesby Miss Jane Harrison and Mrs. Verrall in their Mythology andMonuments of Ancient Athens, the admirable notes in Outline Restorationof Some of the Principal Buildingsof the Hieron of Epidauros (Some emendations in this plate have been-«*k (\~ borrowed from the important work published by M. Cavvadias du?~ing the present year.) W PLATE I—Outline Restoration of a part or the Hieron of Epidauros () A South Propylsea, or possibly Temple of Hygeia. B Gymnasium (?). C Temple of D East and west Abaton ; the lower story of the latter and the steps leading downto it are shown. E The Tholos. F Temple of Artemis. G The Grove. H Small Large altar (?). J South boundary of sacred precinct, apparently of late The * Square build ing. L The baths of Asklepios and probable site of Gymnasium or baths or hostel. N The building with four quadrangles, probably ahostel. O Roman building. P Roman baths. Q Supposed portico of Kotys. R North-east
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