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Medical Relief
ID: GSPLCR06 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2003

Medical Relief

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View of a stone relief found at Oropos, near Athens, showing a healing by the hero Amphiaraos (left) and a snake (right). The inscription reads “Archinos dedicated this to Amphiaraos.” This relief dates to the fourth century B.C.


Information and translation fromJohn Camp and Elizabeth Fisher, The World of the Ancient Greeks.London: Thames & Hudson, 2002, p. 160.Click here to view for purchase from amazon.com.