In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Asclepius
This is a statue of Asclepius from the Glypotek, Copenhagen. Photo credit goes to Nina Aldin Thune, shown under GNU Free Documentation License, taken from Wikipedia.
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