ΑσκληπιοςAsclepios was the god of medicine and&n
ΑσκληπιοςAsclepios was the god of medicine and the son of Apollon and the Trikkaian princess Koronis. Asklepios was raised by the centaur Chiron who instructed him in the art of medicine. He grew so skilled in the craft that he was able to restore the dead to life. This was a crime against the natural order and so Zeus destroyed him with a thunderbolt. After his death Asklepios was placed amongst the stars as the constellation Ophiochus (“the Serpent Holder”).Asklepios was depicted as a kindly, bearded man holding a serpent-entwined staff. -- source link
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