Temple Garden, Sanctuary of Asklepios

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Location

Kos
Kos Pleiades: 599728

Garden

Keywords

sacred groves AAT:300251876
sanctuary centers (religious centers)AAT:300391482
inscriptions AAT:300028702
Athenaeus
Pliny the Elder
Cicero
Aristotle
Plutarch
quadriportici AAT:300004101
palaestrae AAT:300007301
gymnasiums (physical education buildings)AAT:300007297

Garden Description

Inscriptions of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. record certain regulations for the maintenance of a sacred grove belonging to Asklepios on the island of Kos. Cypress trees are specifically mentioned, and it was unlawful to cut them down or remove wood from the sanctuary. In the mid-first century B.C., however, a Roman prefect by the name of Turullius felled trees in the sanctuary to acquire timber for building ships. Caesar had him executed for this offence (Cassius Dio 51.8.3; Valerius Maximus 1.1.19).

Dates

Unspecified

Bibliography

R. Herzog, Heilige Gesetze von Kos, Berlin, 1928, pp. 32-33. (worldcat)

Places

Grove of Asklepios at Kos Pleiades: 814448537
Kos, Nísos (island) TGN: 7012054

Kos on Gardens of the Roman Empire

Temple Garden, Sanctuary of Asklepios

Location

Garden

Keywords

Garden Description

Dates

Bibliography

Places