Epidavros Museum

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Found between the Sanctuary of Asclepius and the Theatre of Epidavros, this museum houses statuary (mostly copies) that once adorned the Temple of Asclepius, stone inscriptions recording miraculous cures, alarming-looking surgical instruments, votive offerings and a Corinthian column capital associated with the sanctuary’s tholos, a circular building associated with the god's cult.

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