Word: epidaurus
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...crowd of 200 citizens lined up respectfully behind the rope barriers and watched as the 125-ft. yacht North Wind backed up to the quay at the thyme-scented village of Epidaurus. A tall, handsome young woman stepped from the yacht and walked the length of the pier alone, followed at a distance by her four yachting companions. She was tawny with the Aegean sun, barelegged, dressed casually in a sleeveless beige dress-and it was hard to realize that she was the same Jacqueline Kennedy who had swept like a queen through Paris, Vienna and London only...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...
...neighborhood of, the shrine is very interesting, containing as it does the famous theatre of Epidaurus. The temple itself is one of the most perfect examples of its period now standing. A detailed restoration has been worked out by two Frenchmen, who have worked both from the ruins themselves and from the many references to the shrine in the writings of Pausanias and others...
Professor Clifford H. Moore of the Classical Department will deliver a lecture on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus," in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock this evening. Epidaurus is situated on the eastern coast of Greece and the shrine of Aesculapius located here is one of the most ancient of the old Greek temples still standing. The shrine was erected to Aesculapius, the Greek god of healing, and it is known that the temple was the principal place of worship of this deity from the sixth century B. C. until about the year 200 A. D. There...
...Classical Lectures. II. The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus. (Illustrated by the Stereopticon.) Professor Clifford H. Moore. Lecture Room of the Fogg Museum...