The god of healing → Asklepiós, introduced into Rome during a plague in 293 BC. In his capacity as allhealer, he became one of the most popular gods of the early Empire. The emperor Marcus Aurelius had himself depicted as Aesculápius,...

ASKLEPIOS, also known as Asklapios (Gr.) and Aesculapius (Lat.), was the ancient Greek god of healing. The etymology of the name Asklepios is uncertain, but it may derive from ēpiotēs, meaning "gentleness."...

Asclepius (Greek Ἀσκληπιός, transliterated Asklēpiós; Latin Aesculapius) is the demigod of medicine and healing in ancient Greek mythology. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts, while his daughters Hygieia, Meditrina,...

These volumes well exemplify the two general types of literature associated with the mythical Hermes Trismegistus, whom ancient, medieval, and Renaissance scholars identified as a great Egyptian sage, the founder of Egyptian civilization, and the inventor of theology. One body of Hermetic literature...