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.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
San Francisco
Image is of the gay rights flag at the corner of Market, Castro, and 17th, from Wikipedia, shown under Creative Commons Attribution License.
oh man, i miss sf
ReplyDeleteso beautiful!