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Relief of Healing Gods at The British Museum, London

Title
Relief of Healing God


Artist
Unknown


Date
From Athens, ca. 400 BC


Medium
Marble


Dimensions
x


Accession #
GR 1920.6-16.1


Credit
from the slopes of the Akropolis in Athens



 
With the plague killing many people in the overcrowded city of Athens during the Peloponnesian War, the cult of the healing god Asklepios soon became popular. In 420/19 BC a sanctuary for Askleipios and Hygieia, the goddess of Health, was founded on the slopes of the Akropolis by an Athenian citizen, Telemachos. The cult was 'imported' from Edpidauros, in a move that was probably also part of the expansionist imperial policy of the Athenian state.
This marble relief fragment comes from a sculpted pillar that was erected by Telemachos to commemorate the cultur's foundation.
On one side it shows the seated Hygieia, goddess of Health; on the other side a large door (perhaps that of Asklepios' temple) and a nude youth on a pedestal.
 

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