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MURTIS OF ASKLEPIOS ON "GREEK MYTHOLOGY LINK"

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By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology

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Asclepius Album

 

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8324: Marble head of Asklepios, 325-300 BC. Melos. British Museum, London.

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site is copyright © Carlos Parada. E-mail: maicar (AT) swipnet (DOT) se

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By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology

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Asclepius Album

 

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6223: Statue of Asklepios, copy of an original dating from the end of the 5th or

the beginning of the 4th century BC. From the sanctuary of Asklepios at

Epidaurus, one of the most prominent cult places of the god and a centre of

practicing medicine as well. Aboud AD 160. National Archaeological Museum,

Athens.

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Greek Mythology Link, Home Page

BiographiesGROUPSPlaces & PeoplesDictionaryCatalogue of ImagesIndicesSearchPáginas en español

 

Greek Mythology Link CD-ROM

This page belongs to the Greek Mythology Link, created and maintained by Carlos

Parada since September 18, 1997. Except stated otherwise, all material in this

site is copyright © Carlos Parada. E-mail: maicar (AT) swipnet (DOT) se

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By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology

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Asclepius

 

 

Asclepius

 

Relevant links

Hygia Asclepius Album

Asclepius in GROUPS

ARGONAUTS CALYDONIAN HUNTERS CONSTELLATIONS CHIRONS' DISCIPLES APOLLO'S OFFSPRING

 

Asclepius is the god of healing.

 

His mother dies before he is born

When Asclepius was still in the womb, Apollo killed his mother Coronis 2 for

having wedded Ischys; and as for the crow who told the god about the wedding,

Apollo cursed it and, changing its color from white into black.

As Coronis 2 was burning in the funeral pyre, Apollo snatched Asclepius from it

and brought him to the wise Centaur Chiron, who brought him up, teaching him

the arts of healing and hunting.

Others have said that it was Artemis who killed Coronis 2, to punish her for

having insulted her brother, and that it was Hermes who snatched the child from

the pyre.

His art of healing

Asclepius, having become a surgeon, and having carried his art to a great pitch,

not only prevented some from dying, but even raised up the dead; for he had

received from Athena the blood that flowed from the veins of Medusa 1. And

while he used the blood that flowed from the veins on the left side for the

bane of mankind, he used the blood that flowed from the right side for

salvation, and by that means he raised the dead.

Those raised from the dead by Asclepius

Capaneus, who was killed by Zeus' thunderbolt during the war of the SEVEN

AGAINST THEBES, was raised from the dead by Asclepius, and so was the son of

King Minos 2 of Crete, Glaucus 4, who had drowned in a jar of honey. Hippolytus

4, son of Theseus, was also raised from the dead by Asclepius, and so was

Lycurgus 4, son of Pronax, son of King Talaus of Argos, and King Tyndareus of

Sparta.

Punished by Zeus

But Zeus did not approve of this, and fearing that men might acquire the healing

art from him and so come to the rescue of each other, smote Asclepius with a

thunderbolt.

Consequences of Asclepius' death

Grieved at the death of his beloved son, and not being able to raise his hand

against his own father, Apollo, in revenge, slew the CYCLOPES, who had

fashioned the thunderbolt for Zeus. On account of this deed, Zeus would have

hurled Apollo to Tartarus. But as Leto intervened on behalf of her son, Zeus

resolved, as a penalty for having destroyed the CYCLOPES, to let Apollo serve

as a thrall to a man for a year. And this man came to be King Admetus 1 of

Pherae, husband of Alcestis.

Hygia, daughter of Asclepius

 

 

 

Family

 

Parentage

 

Apollo & Coronis 2

 

Apollo & Arsinoe 2

[Two versions]

Coronis 2 is a daughter of Phlegyas 1, a Boeotian king, or of Azan, the son of

Arcas 1. She was in love with Ischys, who was killed by the thunderbolt of Zeus

because he lay with Coronis 2.

Arsinoe 2 is daughter of Leucippus 2, son of Perieres 1, king of Messenia.

Mates

Offspring

Notes

Epione

Machaon

Podalirius

For Machaon and Podalirius see ACHAEAN LEADERS.

Aristodama

Aratus

Aristodama is otherwise unknown.

unknown

Hygia

Hygia is Health.

 

SourcesAbbreviations

Apd.3.10.3, 3.10.8; Hyg.Ast.2.14; Hyg.Fab.14, 173, 224; Pau.1.23.4, 2.10.3,

2.29.1, 4.3.2; Pin.Pyth.3.6; Ov.Fast.6.759.

 

 

Greek Mythology Link, Home Page

BiographiesGROUPSPlaces & PeoplesDictionaryCatalogue of ImagesIndicesSearchPáginas en español

 

Greek Mythology Link CD-ROM

This page belongs to the Greek Mythology Link, created and maintained by Carlos

Parada since September 18, 1997. Except stated otherwise, all material in this

site is copyright © Carlos Parada. E-mail: maicar (AT) swipnet (DOT) se

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By Carlos Parada, author of Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology

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Asclepius Album

 

Relevant links:

List of Albums Asclepius

 

Click at the thumbnails to view the enlarged images

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0730

1613

2129

2831

5612

5804

6223

6303

7015

8324

Greek Mythology Link, Home Page

BiographiesGROUPSPlaces & PeoplesDictionaryCatalogue of ImagesIndicesSearchPáginas en español

 

Greek Mythology Link CD-ROM

This page belongs to the Greek Mythology Link, created and maintained by Carlos

Parada since September 18, 1997. Except stated otherwise, all material in this

site is copyright © Carlos Parada. E-mail: maicar (AT) swipnet (DOT) se

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