Epidauria

EPIDAURIA

EPIDAU´RIA[ELEUSINIA]

Epidauria

(τὰ Ἐπιδαύρια). A festival at Athens in honour of Aesculapius (q.v.). See mysteria.

Epidauria Epidauria, district of Peloponnese

• Paus. 2.25.7, Paus. 2.26.8, Paus. 2.29.2
• bordered by Troezenia: Paus. 2.30.5and Argolis: Paus. 2.26.1
• taken possession of by Argives: Paus. 2.26.2, Paus. 7.4.2
• sacred to Aesculapius: Paus. 2.26.3
• sacred serpents of: Paus. 2.28.1
• name of day on which Athenians celebrate mysteries: Paus. 2.26.8