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 FIG. 3. GROUND PLAN OF THE ASCLEPIEION ON THE ISLAND OF COS.

As Ascertained by the Researches of Dr. Herzog.

The different structures are arranged as nearly as possible in the same positions which they occupied in the third century, B. C.

A, main entrance to Asclepieion; B, B, B, gallery, 6 metres broad, with colonnade on one side; C, open space or court, on the southern side of which is a structure composed of recesses provided each with a bathing basin (D); H, staircase leading to intermediate terrace; a, massive series of steps leading to the upper terrace; b, b, b, broad gallery similar to that shown on the lower terrace; d, the temple proper.

(From Prof. Dr. Meyer-Steineg's Medizinisch-historische Beiträge.)

entrance to the group, as the excavations conducted quite recently by Herzog show, was on the lower terrace, and faced north—that is, toward the sea. From this lower level a broad staircase led to the second or intermediate terrace, which, in turn, was connected with the upper one by means of a very broad and massive series of steps. The southern limit of this upper terrace ended abruptly at the slope of the mountain. The arrangement of the buildings