World History Archive July 2013
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A healing god to fight the plague. With the plague killing many people in the overcrowded city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, the cult of the healing god Asklepios soon became popular. In 420/19 BC a sanctuary for Asklepios and Hygeia, the goddess of Health.
2013-07-11
World History Archive/East News
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WHA_153JN
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27cm x 55cm by 300dpi
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