Asclepius

God

Asclepius (; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκληπιός Asklēpiós [asklɛːpiós]; Latin: Aesculapius) is a hero and god of medicine in ancient Greek religion and mythology. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, or Arsinoe, or of Apollo alone.

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Mentions: 6
Connected characters: 2
Books: 4

Asclepius (Uffizi) casting in Pushkin museum 01 by shakko · shakkoImage source CC BY-SA 4.0

Mentions in the Iliad

All · 6 Book 2 · 1 Book 4 · 2 Book 11 · 2 Book 14 · 1

A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“and Oechalia, city of Oechalian Eurytus, these again were led by the two sons of Asclepius, the skilled leeches Podaleirius and Machaon. And with these were ranged thirty hollow ships. And they that held Ormenius and the fountain Hypereia,”

Il. 2.730–734

“But the leech shall search the wound and lay thereon simples that shall make thee cease from dark pains. Therewith he spake to Talthybius, the godlike herald: Talthybius, make haste to call hither Machaon, son of Asclepius, the peerless leech,”

Il. 4.190–194

“And he loosed the flashing belt and the kilt beneath and the taslet that the coppersmiths fashioned. But when he saw the wound where the bitter arrow had lighted, he sucked out the blood, and with sure knowledge spread thereon soothing simples, which of old Cheiron had given to his father with kindly thought.”

Il. 4.215–219

“for the cutting out of arrows and the spreading of soothing simples. So spake he, and the horseman, Nestor of Gerenia, failed not to hearken. Forthwith he got him upon his chariot, and beside him mounted Machaon, the son of Asclepius the peerless leech; and he touched the horses with the lash, and nothing loath the pair sped on”

Il. 11.515–519

“for need has come upon them that may no longer be borne. Yet go now, Patroclus, dear to Zeus, and ask Nestor who it is that he bringeth wounded from out the war. Of a truth from behind he seemeth in all things like Machaon, son of Asclepius, but I saw not the eyes of the man,”

Il. 11.610–614

“And the cry of battle was not unmarked of Nestor, albeit at his wine, but he spake winged words to the son of Asclepius: Bethink thee, goodly Machaon, how these things are to be; louder in sooth by the ships waxes the cry of lusty youths.”

Il. 14.1–4

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MachaonMortal man

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and Oechalia, city of Oechalian Eurytus, these again were led by the two sons of Asclepius, the skilled leeches Podaleirius and Machaon. And with these were ranged thirty hollow ships. And they that held Ormenius and the fountain Hypereia,

Il. 2.732

But the leech shall search the wound and lay thereon simples that shall make thee cease from dark pains. Therewith he spake to Talthybius, the godlike herald: Talthybius, make haste to call hither Machaon, son of Asclepius, the peerless leech,

Il. 4.194

And he loosed the flashing belt and the kilt beneath and the taslet that the coppersmiths fashioned. But when he saw the wound where the bitter arrow had lighted, he sucked out the blood, and with sure knowledge spread thereon soothing simples, which of old Cheiron had given to his father with kindly thought.

Il. 4.219

Il. 2.732 · Il. 4.194 · Il. 4.219 · Il. 11.518 · Il. 11.613–614 · Il. 14.2

PodaliriusMortal man

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and Oechalia, city of Oechalian Eurytus, these again were led by the two sons of Asclepius, the skilled leeches Podaleirius and Machaon. And with these were ranged thirty hollow ships. And they that held Ormenius and the fountain Hypereia,

Il. 2.732

In art

All · 192 Painting · 3 Sculpture · 182 Relief · 2 Print · 1 Other · 4

Achilles Educated by the Centaur ChironPeter Paul Rubens · 1630Museum Boijmans Van BeuningenInv. 1760 a (OK)

Peter Paul Rubens. Achilles Educated by the Centaur Chiron. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Public domain. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19925951

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Askelpios-ApolloArtist not recorded · Date not establishedCollection not recorded

неизвестный мастер. Askelpios-Apollo. собрание не указано. CC BY 4.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AAskelpios-Apollo_Wellcome_M0011402.jpg

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