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AscLepius

Publié le 22/02/2012

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Greek God of medicine and healing; son of Apollo and Coronis; father of Hygeia and others. The Roman spelling of his name is Aesculapius. According to legend, Asclepius learned the art of healing from Chiron, the wise and gentle Centaur. He mastered his craft so well that eventually, it was said, Asclepius could raise the dead. The great god Zeus, afraid that mere humans might become immortal, struck Asclepius with a thunderbolt, but then made him a minor god in charge of medicine and healing. The center of his cult was Epidaurus (northeast Peloponnesus), but there were many others, including Cos and Pergamum, where treatments were given to the sick. Snakes, symbols of renewal because of the frequent shedding of their skin, to reveal glossy new skin underneath, were his emblem, usually depicted as twined about a wand called a Caduceus.

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