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The sacred landscape of Epidaurus consists of the Sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas and its predecessor, the Sanctuary of Asklepios. Mount Kynortion and Myrtle Mountain nestle these sanctuaries into a valley; Mount Arachnaion is further west.

The sacred landscape of Epidaurus consists of the Sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas and its predecessor, the Sanctuary of Asklepios. Mount Kynortion and Myrtle Mountain nestle these sanctuaries into a valley; Mount Arachnaion is further west.

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This paper explores the reciprocal relationship between landscape, human attention, and time. It presents two sacred landscapes: Epidaurus and Nemea, located in the northeastern Greek Peloponnese. In both landscapes, worshipers created sanctuaries on prominent mountains. Eventually, their attention shifted downhill where they built larger, monument...

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... the ground Whether or not the human subjects acknowledge the mountain, it retains this role; it is always there (Hokusai 1830(Hokusai -1831(Hokusai , 1830(Hokusai -1832(Hokusai , 1831(Hokusai -1833(Hokusai , 1852 below is a Greek sanctuary dedicated to Asklepios, now one of the most popular tourist sites in Greece. This sanctuary hugs the western base of Mount Kynortion; its theater is cut directly into the slopes (Figures 6 and 7). ...
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... the 5 th century BCE, a new sanctuary devoted to Asklepios -an Asklepeiawas founded 0.5 km away from the Sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas ( Lambrinoudakēs 1990, 140;Wickkiser 2008, 7) (Figure 16). Both of these deities were associated with different aspects of healing. ...

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