Apollo Healer
deity Greek single tradition · 1
Apollo Healer is a healing deity invoked in the Hippocratic oath. Physicians swear by him as one of the primary divine witnesses to their ethical commitment to medical practice.
When
- First attested
- 400 BCE
- Attested period
- -400 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Invoked as the first deity in the Hippocratic oath, traditionally dated to the 5th-4th century BCE.
Relationships
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“I swear by Apollo Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath”
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