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Asclepiēa

τὰ Ἀσκλεπίεια). Festivals celebrated in places where temples of Asclepius (Aesculapius) existed, and of which the most celebrated was that of Epidaurus, held every fifth year, nine days after the Isthmian Games. See Schol. ad Nem. iii. 145; Pausan. ii. 26.7.

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    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.26.7
    • Pindar, Nemean, 3
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