Concerning similar places, it is reported: “Some shrines were nurseries of criminals; and it often became necessary to limit the number of asylums.
प्राचीन इफिसुस में देवी आर्टिमिज़ के मन्दिर जैसे स्थल ऐसे जगह थे जहाँ शरण प्रदान की गयी थी ।