Asclepius

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A0454500 (ə-sklē′pē-əs) n. Greek Mythology A son of Apollo, originally mortal, who became a god of medicine and healing.

[Greek Asklēpios, Asklāpios; perhaps akin to aspalaks, skalops, mole (since healing gods were associated with small mammals, as Apollo with the mouse, and Rudra (the Vedic healing god) with the mole) and of pre-Greek substrate origin.]

Asclepius

(əˈskliːpɪəs) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a god of healing; son of Apollo. Roman counterpart: Aesculapius

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n. the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing, worshiped by the Romans as Aesculapius.

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Asclepius - son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and PanaceaAesculapius, Asklepios

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Asclepius

(ăsklē`pēəs), Lat. Aesculapius (ĕs'kəlā`pēəs), legendary Greek physician; son of Apollo and Coronis. His first teacher was the wise centaur Chiron. When he became so skillful in healing that he could revive the dead, Zeus killed him. Apollo persuaded Zeus to make Asclepius the god of medicine. The worship of Asclepius is believed to have originated in Thessaly. Temples were built to him at Epidaurus, Cos, Pergamum, and later Rome, where his worship spread after a plague in 293 B.C. Treatments, including massage and baths, were given to the sick. The serpent and the cock were sacred to Asclepius. People who claimed descent from him and those who followed his teachings were known as Asclepiads.

Bibliography

See E. J. Edelstein, Asclepius (1945, repr. 1988); S. B. Aleshire, The Athenian Asklepieion (1989).

Asclepius

saved by his father Apollo from the body of pregnant Coronis when Apollo slays her for infidelity. [Gk. Myth.: Benét, 57]See: Childbirth

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(Aesculapius) god of healing. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 37]See: Medicine

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Synonyms for Asclepius

noun son of Apollo

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