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Asclepius

deity sky Greek corroborated · 26

Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius.

↻ synthesized from 26 sources

When

First attested
800 BCE
Attested period
-800 – 2020
Historical notes
Attested from the Iron Age onwards.

Relationships

parent of
Podalirius, Telesphoros, Podaleirius, Telesphorus, Aglaia, Panacea, Hygieia, Iaso, Aceso, Aegle, Machaon, Podaleirios, Aratus
syncretized with
Melqart, Anāhitā, Aesculapius, Esplace, Vejovis, Eshmun, Vediovis, Imhotep
co occurs with
Apulu, Heh, Seshat, Renpetneferet, Ahura Mazda, Ariadne, Tithonus, Aristaeus, Cephissus, Kourotrophos, Clymene, Phoebe, Aegle, Phaethusa, Helie, Aetherie, Dioxippe, Brahman, gymnosophists, Lachesis, Merope, Cedalion, Aëro, Leiro, Leto, scorpion, Paeon, Atlas, Cross, Apollo Maleatas, Panacea, Iaso, Aceso, Coronis, Machaon, Epione, Aratus, Aristodeme, Telesphoros, Glycon, Darrhon, Mnemosyne, Zeus, Sol, Helios, Thoth, Diana, Mithra, Athena, Psyche, Glaucus, Hecate, Phaethon, Neaera, Hermes, Aphrodite, Demeter, Eileithyia, Artemis (Diana), Magi, Python, Moirai, Gaia, Eos, Upis, Dionysus, Heracles, Hades, Ares, Hera, Hephaestus, Castor, Pollux, Concordia, Virgin Mary, Poseidon, Artemis
teacher of
Hippolytus, Virbius
allied with
Hygieia, Orion, Παιήων, Apollo Healer, Salus, Apollo the Healer, Aesculapian snake, Apollo the Physician
consort of
Epione, Lampetia, Hygieia
child of
Coronis, Apollo, Arsinoe
student of
Chiron, Apollo
served by
Aesculapian Snakes

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Mentioned by

and 35 more

Sources

wikipedia (22)
  1. Melqart
  2. Apollo
  3. Apulu
  4. Renpetneferet
  5. Persian Artemis
  6. List of deified people in Greek mythology
  7. Hygieia
  8. Kourotrophos
  9. Lampetia
  10. Coronis (lover of Apollo)
  11. Orion (mythology)
  12. Paean
  13. Paean (god)
  14. Telesphorus (mythology)
  15. Aesculapius
  16. Aratus (mythology)
  17. Asclepiad (title)
  18. Decree of Philippi, 242 BCE
  19. Epidaurus
  20. Pumayyaton and Pnytarion's inscriptions
  21. Rod of Asclepius
  22. Mnemosyne
encyclopedia (4)
  1. Agrigentum (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  2. Anathema (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  3. Apollo (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed
  4. Apollonius of Tyana (Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed.) (1911)
    peer reviewed

Source passages

“In Cyprus, Melqart was syncretized with Eshmun and Asclepius, and also in Ibiza, as given by a dedication reciting: "to his lord, Eshmun-Melqart".”

#12023 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius.”

#16371 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Medicine and healing are associated with Apollo, whether through the god himself or mediated through his son Asclepius. Apollo delivered people from epidemics, yet he is also a god who could bring ill health and deadly plague with his arrows.”

#16397 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“In Deir el-Bahari a temple to Amenhotep son of Hapu and Imhotep was created during the Ptolemaic period, where Hygieia was worshipped alongside Asclepius, a possible Greek association with Renpetneferet.”

#20878 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Polybius' reference to Alexander is supported by Arrian, who in 324 BCE wrote of a temple in Ecbatana dedicated to "Asclepius" (by inference presumed to be Anahita, likewise a divinity of healing), destroyed by Alexander because she had allowed his friend Hephaestion to die.”

#22907 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001