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Epidauros
Epidaurus

A city in the domain of Diomedes.

  During the Trojan War, Diomedes commanded the Achaian (Achaean) soldiers from the Peloponnesian cities of Epidauros, Argos, Asine, Eiones (Eionae), Hermione, Mases, Tiryns, Troizen (Troezen), and Aigina (Aegina).1

  Epidauros had the distinction of becoming the site of a temple and treatment center for the legendary healer Asklepios (Asclepius), a son of the god Apollon.

1. Aigina—a town or place in Epidauria, not Aigina the island.

Latitude North, Longitude East
37.6419, 23.1497

Epidauros

Epidauros

References:
Homer, Iliad book 2, line 561
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