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The Didymaion was renowned for its sacred water, sacred grove, the many sacred elements it housed and its soul, besides being for centuries a very important oracle seat.
The riches of the temple had its source in donations and votive offerings made in varying forms. King Croesus of Lydia, King Necho of Egypt, and King Seleucus II of Pergamum had an important place among the donations made to the Didymaion.
One other feature about Didymaion was that it had the right shelter. The “Right of Asylum” was the recognition of the right of inviolability the people who took refuge in the temple. In later years Emperor Trajan enlarged the boundaries even more and wanted them to be recognized from the beginning of the Sacred Road.
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General Characteristics -
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