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A priest of Asklepios (Aesculapius) and a patient calling up the sacred, non-poisonous snakes, 1906. Written on border: "Mar. 10, 1906". Printed on border: "Drawn by A. Forestier from restorations by Dr. Richard Caton." "During the recent excavations of the Health Temple of Asklepios at Cos, the scene of Hippocrates' labours, a curious cist with a heavy marble lid was discovered. This is believed to have been the place where the priests kept the sacred snakes of Asklepios. In the center of the slab is a hole through which the snakes went out and in. This Ophiseion, or place of the snakes, was let into the floor of a small sanctuary in which an altar of incense is supposed to have stood. There the priests brought their patients to sacrifice, and to offer sacred cakes to the serpents. On the walls were probably engraved health maxims and votive inscriptions of persons who had been cured." . From The Illustrated London news. Mid-Manhattan Library / Picture Collection

Location The New York Public Library/New York, NY/U.S.A.

Unique Identifier ART475166

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4348px × 6713px

Photo Credit The New York Public Library / Art Resource, NY

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