Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Epidaurus was the main sanctuary of Asklepios, the Greek god of healing. Sick pilgrims slept in a special hall, the abaton, hoping for a cure in their dreams, and inscribed stone tablets record the cures they claimed. In the fourth century BC the sanctuary gained a temple, a round tholos and a theatre for about 14,000 people whose acoustics still carry a whisper to the top rows.