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14-September-2008 12:50:21 - Asclepius Redirected from Asklepios For other uses, see Asclepius disambiguation. Greek deities series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Aquatic deities Chthonic deities Personified concepts Other deities Asclepius, god of medicine Leto, mother of Apollo and Artemis Pan, shepherd god Nymphs Anatolian deities Statue of Asclepius Statue of Asclepius Please wikify this article or section. Help improve this article by adding relevant internal links. June 2008 Asclepius pronounced /æsˈkliË?piË?É™s/, Greek Ἀσκληπιός, transliterated AsklÄ“piós; Latin Aesculapius is the god of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, while his daughters Hygieia, Mrina, Iaso, Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle and Panacea literally, all-healing symbolize the forces of cleanliness, medicine, and healing, respectively. Contents 1 Etymology 2 Mythology 3 Cult 4 Footnotes 5 References Etymology The etymology of the name is unknown. In his revised version of Frisk's Griechisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, R.S.P. Beekes gives this summary of the different attempts1: H. Grégoire with R. Goossens and M. Mathieu in Asklépios, Apollon Smintheus et Rudra 1949 Mém. Acad. Roy. de Belgique. Cl. d. lettres. 2. sér. 45, explains the name as 'the mole-hero', connecting σκάλοψ, ἀσπάλαξ 'mole' and refers to the resemblance of the Tholos in Epidauros and the building of a mole. Thus Puhvel, Comp. Mythol. 1987, 135. But the variants of Asklepios and those of the word for 'mole' do not agree. The name is typical for Pre-Greek words; apart from minor variations β for Ï€, αλα for λα we find α/αι a well known variation; Fur. 335 - 339 followed by -γλαπ- or -σκλαπ-/-σχλαπ/β-, i.e. a voiced velar without -σ- or a voiceless velar or an aspirated one: we know that there was no distinction between the three in the substr. language with a -σ-. I think that the -σ- renders an original affricate, which prob. as δ was lost before the -γ- in Greek the group -σγ- is rare, and certainly before another consonant; Beekes Pre-Greek. Szemerényi's etymology JHS 94, 1974, 155 from Hitt. assulaa- 'well-being' and piya- 'give' cannot be correct, as it does not explain the velar. One might add that even though Szemerényi's etymology Hitt. asula- + piya- does not account for the velar, it is perhaps inserted spontaneously in Greek due to the fact that the cluster -sl- was uncommon in Greek: so, AslÄ?pios would become AsklÄ?pios automatically. Associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis. Mythology Asclepius was married to Epione, with whom he had six daughters: Hygieia, Mrina the serpent-bearer, Panacea, Aceso, Iaso, and Aglaea, and three sons: Machaon, Telesphoros, and Podalirius. He also bore a son, Aratus, with Aristodama. Coronis or Arsinoe became pregnant with Asclepius by Apollo but fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair and he sent his sister, Artemis, to kill Coronis. Her body was burned on a funeral pyre, staining the white feathers of the crows permanently black. Apollo rescued the baby by performing the first caesarean section and gave it to the centaur Chiron to raise. Enraged by his grief, Coronis' father Phlegyas torched the Apollonian temple at Delphi, for which Apollo promptly killed him. Chiron taught Asclepius the art of surgery, teaching him to be the most well-respected doctor of his day. According to the Pythian Odes of Pindar, Chiron also taught him the use of drugs, incantations and love potions. In The Library, Apollodorus claimed that Athena gave him a vial of blood from the Gorgons. Gorgon blood had magical properties: if taken from the left side of the Gorgon, it was a fatal poison; from the right side, the blood was capable of bringing the dead back to life. According to some, Asclepius fought alongside the Achaeans in the Trojan War, and cured Philoctetes of his famous snake bite. However, others have attributed this to either Machaon or Podalirius, Asclepius' sons, who Homer mentions repeatedly in his Iliad as talented healers. Asclepius, on the other hand, is only referred to by Homer in relation to Machaon and Podalirius. Asclepius' powers were not appreciated by all, and his ability to revive the dead soon drew the ire of Zeus, who struck him down with a thunderbolt. According to some, Zeus was angered, specifically, by Asclepius' acceptance of money in exchange for resurrection. Another story says Asclepius healed people and may have even made them immortal. This was unacceptable to the god of the Underworld, Hades, who considered these souls his rightful property. Hades prevailed upon Zeus, his brother and king of the gods, to hurl a lightningbolt through Asclepius's head. Zeus proclaimed that all of medicine thereafter could only be palliative -- make the person more comfortable while they either die or get well on their own -- but cures were not allowed. Others say that Zeus killed Asclepius after he agreed to resurrect Hippolytus at the behest of Artemis. Zeus may or may not have smitten Hippolytus with the same bolt. Either way, Asclepius' death at the hands of Zeus may symbolize man's inability to challenge the natural order that separates mortal men from the gods. Statue of Asclepios in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey Statue of Asclepios in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara, Turkey In retaliation for Asclepius' murder at the hands of Zeus, Apollo killed the Cyclopes, who fashioned Zeus' thunderbolts. According to Euripides' play Alkestis, Apollo was then forced into the servitude of Admetus for one year. Zeus, saddened at the loss of the original three Cyclops, decided to return them from Hades. Apollo also persuaded him to bring Asclepius back. Zeus consented after much begging and made Asclepius and his daughters deities of medicine after bringing them to Olympus, much to Apollo's joy. After he realized Asclepius' importance to the world of men, Zeus placed him in the sky as the constellation Ophiuchus. The name, serpent-bearer, refers to the Rod of Asclepius, which was entwined with a single serpent. This symbol has now become a symbol for physicians across the globe. However, one should be careful not to confuse the Staff of Asclepius, which features a single serpent wrapped around a roughhewn branch, with the Caduceus of Mercury Roman, or Karykeion of Hermes Greek. The Caduceus, which features two intertwined serpents rather than the single serpent in Asclepius' wand, as well as a pair of wings, has long been a symbol of commerce. It is thought that the two were first confused in the seventh century A.D., when alchemists often used the caduceus to symbolize their association with magical or hermetic arts.citation needed The Greeks used the name Asclepius to translate Imhotep.citation needed Cult Asclepius' most famous sanctuary was in Epidaurus in Northeastern Peloponnese. Another famous asclepieion was on the island of Kos, where Hippocrates, the legendary doctor, may have begun his career. Other asclepieions were situated in Trikala, Gortys in Arcadia, and Pergamum in Asia. In honor of Asclepios, snakes were often used in healing rituals. Non-venomous snakes were left to crawl on the floor in dormitories where the sick and injured slept. Starting about 300 BC, the cult of Asclepios grew very popular. His healing temples were called asclepieion; pilgrims flocked to them to be healed. They slept overnight and reported their dreams to a priest the following day. He prescribed a cure, often a visit to the baths or a gymnasium. It is also written by Lewis Farnell, that some healing temples used sacred dogs to lick the wounds of the sick petitioners. 1 The original, ancient Hippocratic Oath begins with the invocation I swear | by Apollo the Physician and by Asclepius and by Hygieia and Panacea and by all the gods . . . Scholars have written that this oath may not have been written by Hippocrates, but by or with others in his school, or followers of Pythagoras. 2 Some later religious movements claimed links to Asclepios. In the 2nd Century AD The False Prophet Alexander claimed that his god Glycon was an incarnation of Asclepios. The botanical genus Asclepias commonly known as milkweed, is named after him, and includes the medicinal plant A. tuberosa or Pleurisy root. Footnotes 1 cf. L.R. Farnell, Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality, Chapter 10, The Cult of Asklepios pp.234-279, p.240 2 cf. L.R. Farnell, Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality, Chapter 10, The Cult of Asklepios pp.234-279, p.269: The famous Hippocratean oath may not be an authentic deliverance of the great master, but is an ancient formula current in his school. References ^ \data\ie\greek: Database query Lewis Richard Farnell, Greek Hero Cults and Ideas of Immortality, 1921. 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