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Head of "Asklepios" or Aesculapius (see a headless statue), c. 300 B.C.
discovered in the island of Melos - Pergamon Museum,
Berlin, Germany.
Note: The cult of Askleios gained ascendance during the
fifth century B.C. and after the death of
Hippocrates in 357 B.C., viewed as the founding father
of modern medicine, a healing sanctuary was established
in the island of Kos.
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