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W٨6 an Aslepieion fonded ly the Seleuids

eventually stopped to be regarded to Iaros from Didyma or Daphne.
as the chief medical and healing ls it possible that they have used
Olympian.(57) the existing sanctuary of Apollo
at Iaros as a temporary residence
When Aslepios came to Athens for the cult of Aslepios in order to
rfom Epidauros, he temporarily spread to Tylos and elsewhere in
resided in the Eleusinion before the Gulf Such move might have
he moved to his own sanctuary been encouraged by the Seleuids
in the heart of the Athenian polis. since Aslepios was the son oftheir
(58) Could it be possible that the patron deity and divine brother of
same happened at Iaros Are the their dynasty 's founder. Therefore,
similarities of Iaros temple A to the arrival of the cult to Tylos and
Aslepieia elsewhere too much ofa the Gulf was not a private or a polis
coincidence The Seleuids might initiative but an initiative baced
have encouraged the transfer of the by and encouraged by Seleuid
cult in the same way they might imperialism and ideology.
have transferred the cult of Apollo

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The temple of Aslepios at Kos. Jeppesen, who excavated the fortified settlement and the Apollo
temple at Iaros, pointed out to the similarities of the two temples. The capitals at both temples

are positioned in the middle of the entrance of the temple, while the altar is positioned in the
yard in front of the entrance.(59)