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The temple could actually have been for the worship of both Zeus and Hadrian with the latter as synnaos with the former, as Trajan shared the temple of Zeus Philios at Pergamon
The temple could actually have been for the worship of both Zeus and Hadrian with the latter as synnaos with the former, as Trajan shared the temple of Zeus Philios at Pergamon
It would seem that Hadrian had a definite impact upon the Pergamene sanctuary and this is best articulated in the creation of a new god here, the syncretic universal deity Zeus-Asclepius to whom a temple was built on site