Historica Wiki
Historica Wiki
Advertisement
Asclepius

Asclepius (1363 BC-) was the Greek god of medicine in ancient Greek mythology. He was the son of Apollo and the mortal woman Coronis and the brother of Eriopis, and he married Epione, with whom he had five daughters (Hygieia, Panacea, Aceso, Iaso, and Aglaea) and three sons (Machaon, Podalirius, and Telesphorus). Apollo carried him to the centaur Chiron when he was a baby, and Chiron raised him in the art of medicine. He became a more powerful healer than both Apollo and Chiron, and Zeus killed him with a thunderbolt because he brought Hippolytus back from the dead and accepted gold for it. Zeus later resurrected him as a god to prevent any further feuds with Apollo, and he was instructed to never revive the dead without his approval again.

Advertisement