{"id":681,"date":"2019-10-30T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=681"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:30:34","slug":"temple-of-asklepios-building-complex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/temple-of-asklepios-building-complex\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of Asklepios Building Complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"681\" class=\"elementor elementor-681 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2sr1l01 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2sr1l01\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-iasrbhq\" data-id=\"iasrbhq\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-j5o96bn elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"j5o96bn\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1401\" alt=\"Temple of Asklepios Building Complex\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG.jpg 585w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG-230x157.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG-350x239.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9803BIG-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-l2i4yck elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"l2i4yck\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"585\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1402\" alt=\"Temple of Asklepios Building Complex detail\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG.jpg 585w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG-230x157.jpg 230w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG-350x239.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/07\/9804BIG-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-upe6bau elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"upe6bau\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Sanctuary of Asklepios, god of healing, was established on the South Slope of the Acropolis in 419\/18 BC, after the cult was brought from Epidavros in the wake of the great plague of Athens. 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