Site · Greece
Epidaurus
Ancient Greece, Roman, 600 BCE–400 CE
Epidaurus was the chief healing sanctuary of the god Asklepios from the sixth century BCE, where the sick slept in the Abaton awaiting cures, and its fourth-century theatre by Polykleitos the Younger is the best-preserved in Greece with famous acoustics. The sanctuary was restored by a Roman senator in the second century CE and closed with paganism in the fifth.
| Country | Greece |
|---|---|
| Dates | 600 BCE–400 CE |
| Status | Archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site (1988) |
| Managed by | Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Ephorate of Antiquities of Argolida) |
| Access | Open daily with an entry fee and a site museum; the theatre still hosts summer performances of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. |
| Coordinates | 37.596, 23.079 (public site) |
What was found
Excavations by Kavvadias from 1881 and later by the Greek Archaeological Society uncovered the theatre, the Temple of Asklepios, the circular Tholos, the Abaton dormitory with inscribed cure records, the stadium and votive offerings including anatomical terracottas and inscribed stelae.
Rules
Nothing may be collected; Greek Law 3028/2002 on the protection of antiquities makes all antiquities state property and forbids their removal, and Greece has a CPIA agreement with the United States since 2011. This article is for study and context only and is not a collecting locality.
Elsewhere
Cite this article
Stratum Strata. "Epidaurus" (Site). Stratum Strata pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-21. https://stratum.black/strata/sites/epidaurus. Accessed 2026-09-21.
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