Asclepius
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Definitions
- 1 A Greek mythological deity, the god of doctors, medicine and healing; a son of Apollo and the Thessalian princess Coronis, husband to the goddess Epione and father of the Asclepiades; identified with the Roman god Aesculapius. Greek
"We found religious medicine in the Homeric poems, and there was no century without healing cults. The cult of Asclepius was by no means the only one, but, for reasons that will be discussed later, it dominated the scene and set a pattern for the cults of other healing deities."
- 2 The Apollo asteroid 4581 Asclepius.
Example
More examples"We found religious medicine in the Homeric poems, and there was no century without healing cults. The cult of Asclepius was by no means the only one, but, for reasons that will be discussed later, it dominated the scene and set a pattern for the cults of other healing deities."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Asclēpius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκληπιός (Asklēpiós).
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