Town, ancient Greece.
An important commercial centre in the northeastern Peloponnese , it was famed for its 4th-century-BC temple of Asclepius . Excavations of the sacred precinct have uncovered that temple and other buildings, including a theatre, stadium, and hospital. Offerings of small clay body parts have been found, and inscriptions record divine medical cures. Originally Ionic, Epidaurus became Doric under the influence of Argos , to which it owed religious allegiance; politically it remained independent until Roman times.