Editing Mnemosyne (section)

=== Cult of Asclepius ===
Mnemosyne was one of the [[deities]] worshiped in the [[greek hero cult|cult]] of [[Asclepius]] that formed in [[Ancient Greece]] around the 5th century BC.<ref name="Ahearne-Kroll">{{cite journal|last1=Ahearne-Kroll|first1=Stephen P.|title=Mnemosyne at the Asklepieia|journal=Classical Philology|date=April 2014|volume=109|issue=2|pages=99–118|doi=10.1086/675272|s2cid=162319084}}</ref> [[Asclepius]], a [[Hero#Antiquity|Greek hero]] and [[List of Greek deities|god]] of [[ancient greek medicine|medicine]], was said to have been able to cure maladies, and the cult incorporated a multitude of other Greek heroes and gods in its process of healing.<ref name="Ahearne-Kroll" /> The exact order of the [[sacrifice|offerings]] and [[prayer]]s varied by location,<ref name="von Ehrenheim">{{cite book|last1=von Ehrenheim|first1=Hedvig|title=Greek incubation rituals in Classical and Hellenistic times|date=2011|publisher=Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Stockholm University|location=Stockholm|isbn=978-91-7447-335-3}}</ref> and the supplicant often made an offering to Mnemosyne.<ref name="Ahearne-Kroll" /> After making an offering to [[Asclepius]] himself, in some locations, one last prayer was said to Mnemosyne as the supplicant moved to the holiest portion of the [[Asclepeion]] to [[incubation (ritual)|incubate]].<ref name="Ahearne-Kroll" /> The hope was that a prayer to Mnemosyne would help the supplicant remember any [[vision (spirituality)|visions]] had while [[sleep]]ing there.<ref name="von Ehrenheim" />