City on the homonymous island in Aegean Sea, Greece

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Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.

Hippocrates and the isle of Cos / Ralph H. Major.

Ippokratikē Kos = Cos, the birthplace of Hippocrates.

Four legends about Hippocrates collected by Mr Zarakas of the village Pili, Cos / J. Fronimopoulos & J. Stefanellis.

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Kos

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Hippocrates and the isle of Cos / Ralph H. Major.

Ippokratikē Kos = Cos, the birthplace of Hippocrates.

Four legends about Hippocrates collected by Mr Zarakas of the village Pili, Cos / J. Fronimopoulos & J. Stefanellis.

Temple of Aesculapius at Cos, with a key to the buildings and a fragment of the Stoa. Oil painting by R. Caton, ca. 1906.