Part of the stoa of Eumenes, on the south slope of the Acropolis, in Athens, Greece; Shutterstock ID 1600612369; your: Erin Lenczycki; gl: 65050; netsuite: Digital; full: POI
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Stoa of Eumenes & Asclepieion


From the stage of the Theatre of Dionysos, the path leads uphill and west to the top of the long Stoa of Eumenes, a colonnade built by Eumenes II, King of Pergamum (197–159 BC), as a shelter and promenade for theatre audiences. Above the stoa, against the hillside, the Asclepieion is a temple that was built around a sacred spring.

The worship of Asclepius, the physician son of Apollo, began in Epidavros and was introduced to Athens in 429 BC, when plague was sweeping the city – people sought cures here.


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