Asclepius

English right|thumb|upright|The rod of Asclepius(symbol: ⚕) Alternative forms en Asclepios Asklepios Etymology en la Asclēpius, from en grc Ἀσκληπιός. Pronunciation en /əˈskliːpi.əs/ /æsˈkliːpi.əs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Asclepius.wav Southern England Proper noun en Greek god 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. en 1961 w:Henry E. Sigerist A History of Medicine, Volume II: Early Greek, Hindu, and Persian Medicine w:Oxford University Press 1987 Paperback https://books.google.com.au/books?id=NLbSGvbCvG0C&pg=PA44&dq=%22Asclepius%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18-6P-4biAhVPWysKHXOLB1YQ6AEI3gEwIw#v=onepage&q=%22Asclepius%22&f=false 44 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. en 2002 w:Jerome Murphy-O'Connor St. Paul's Corinth: Texts and Archaeology Liturgical Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=j8QPUES_C34C&pg=PA186&dq=%22Asclepius%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18-6P-4biAhVPWysKHXOLB1YQ6AEIjgEwFA#v=onepage&q=%22Asclepius%22&f=false 186 The temple of Asclepius is located just inside the north wall (Fig. 5) and is referred to by Pausanias (p. 34), who notes that the site was a place of refreshment in summer. en 2015 Paula Landart Finding Ancient Rome: Walks in the City E-Book https://books.google.com.au/books?id=S-VxBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA16&dq=%22Asclepius%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18-6P-4biAhVPWysKHXOLB1YQ6AEIsAIwMA#v=onepage&q=%22Asclepius%22&f=false 16 The story of Tiber Island is similar: in 293 BC, the inhabitants of Rome started to fall sick and die from an unknown disease, and the city fathers sent an expedition to Epidaurus in Greece to retrieve one of the snakes sacred to Asclepius (Greek Asklepiós, Aesculapius in Latin), god of medicine and healing, thus bringing the god to Rome. The story told by Livy was that as the ship carrying this snake came up the Tiber, the snake escaped and swam to the island. The Romans immediately concluded that Asclepius wished to dwell there (it would appear that clever Asclepius had immediately recognised an excellent place of quarantine), and built a temple to the god on the island. en male historical en astronomy The Apollo asteroid 4581 Asclepius. Usage notes Not to be confused with Asclepias genus, a plant genus named after the deity. Derived terms en Asclepian en staff of Asclepius Translations Greek god of medicine and healing Arabic: ar أَسْقَلِيبِيُوس Armenian: hy Ասկլեպիոս Asturian: ast Asclepiu Belarusian: be Асклепій Bengali: bn আস্ক্লেপিউস Breton: br Asklepios Bulgarian: bg Асклепий Catalan: ca Asclepi Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 阿斯克勒庇俄斯 Āsīkèlēibì'ésī Czech: cs Asklépios Danish: da Æskulap Dutch: nl Asclepius Esperanto: eo Asklepio Estonian: et Asklepios Finnish: fi Asklepios French: fr Asclépios, fr Asclèpe m Galician: gl Asclepio Georgian: ka ასკლეპიოსი German: de Äskulap m, de Äskulapius m, de Asklepius m, de Asklepios m Alemannic German: gsw Asklepios Greek: el Ασκληπιός m Ancient Greek: grc Ἀσκληπιός Ancient Greek: grc Ἀσκληπιός m Hebrew: he אסקלפיוס Hungarian: hu Aszklépiosz Italian: it Asclepio Japanese: ja アスクレーピオス Asukurēpiosu Korean: ko ^아스클레피오스 Latin: la Aesculāpius m, la Asclēpius m Lithuanian: lt Asklepijas Luxembourgish: lb Asklepios Norwegian: no Asklepios Occitan: oc Asclèpi Odia: or ଏସ୍‌ଲେପିଅସ୍ Persian: fa آسکلپیوس Polish: pl Asklepios m, pl Eskulap m Portuguese: pt Asclépio m Romanian: ro Asclepios Russian: ru Аскле́пий m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Асклепије Latin: sh Asklepije Slovak: sk Asklepios Slovene: sl Asklépij m, sl Eskuláp m Spanish: es Asclepio Swedish: sv Asklepios Turkish: tr Asklepios Ukrainian: uk Асклепій male given name French: fr Asclèpe m Italian: it Asclepio m near-Earth asteroid Finnish: fi Asclepius See also en Aesculapius en Asclepiad en Asclepiades Asclepias genus plant genus named after the god en rod of Asclepius Further reading Asclepiad (title) Asclepiades Rod of Asclepius 4581 Asclepius Anagrams en aceilpssu capsulise en Asteroids Latin Etymology la Asclēpius :bor grc:Ἀσκληπιός + 1 Pronunciation Asclēpius Proper noun Asclēpius<2> en Asclepius la male Declension Asclēpius<2> Descendants en Asclepius 1 fr Asclèpe it Asclepio Further reading Asclēpius