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Entering an ancient Greek sanctuary what you would have seen? Dismantled body parts made of clay was undoubtedly something common and expected..heads, arms, legs, genitalia. Everything.
Small #Thread about this very interesting Greek practice
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People in ancient Greece they’d go to temples/sanctuaries associated with a healing deity. Asclepius was the most important of those and his sanctuaries were the equivalent of our idea of a hospital or medical center. Image
"After Asclepius “cured” them in exchange for an offering or a fee, grateful supplicants dedicated votives in the shape of the body part he healed. It’s believed such carvings either commemorated successful healings or were requests to get him to pay attention to ailing limbs" Image
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