Editing Epidaurus (section)

==Name and etymology==
The name "Epidaurus" is of [[Greek language|Greek]] origin. It was named after the hero [[Epidaurus (mythology)|Epidauros]], son of [[Apollo]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cartwright|first=Mark|date=2012|title=Epidaurus|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/epidaurus/|access-date=|website=[[World History Encyclopedia]]|language=en}}</ref> According to [[Strabo]], the city was originally named Ἐπίκαρος (Epíkaros) under the [[Carians]], ([[Aristotle]] claimed that [[Caria]], as a naval empire, occupied Epidaurus and Hermione)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ridgeway|first=William|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/890937713|title=The early age of Greece. Volume 1|date=2014|isbn=978-1-107-43458-5|location=Cambridge|pages=269|oclc=890937713}}</ref> before taking the name Ἐπίταυρος (Epítauros) when the city was taken by the [[Ionians]] and finally becoming Ἐπίδαυρος (Epídauros) after the [[Dorians]] conquered the city. Compare the individual elements ἐπί (epí, "upon"), Καρία (Karía, "Carian"), ταῦρος (taûros, "bull") and Δωριεύς (Dōrieús "Dorian")/Δωριεῖς (Dōrieîs, "Dorians").<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ἐπίδαυρος (Epidaurus)|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%98%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82|access-date=2021-09-15|website=[[Wiktionary]]|language=en}}</ref>