On a summer evening, looking south, we can find the brightest Antares (Scorpio heart) in the night sky, above which is the constellation Ophiuchus of the god Asclepius and his snake, the constellation Hydra.
Ophiuchus and Serpentus
Asclepius was the son of the sun god Apollo and the Thessaly princess Kolonis. Kolonis betrayed Apollo and cheated on the neighboring prince Ikuscu and was punished by Apollo.
Kolognes and Ikuscu
Asclepius, who lost his mother at a young age, was raised by the half-human, half-horse Charon, who studied medicine with him, and by studying hard and practicing hard, his medical skills reached the point of perfection, and no one could surpass it.
Charon
On the day that King Minos' son Grex fell into a bee jar and drowned, Asclepius happened to see a snake crawling towards Glaux's body and killed him. After a while, Asclepius noticed a snake that crawled over with a herb in its mouth, and the moment it placed the herb on the dead snake, the dead snake moved, and then disappeared into the grass.
Asclepius hurriedly picked up the herb and placed it on Grox's body, and Graux miraculously came to life. Later, Asclepius used this herb to save Capanius, who died in the War of Thebai, and Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, who fell from the carriage and died.
Asclepius saves Hippolytus
Asclepius unveils his life and finds the secret of bringing back the dead, which embarrasses Hades. Hades approached Zeus to complain, saying that Asclepius' healing skills disturbed the order of the world and threatened the existence of God, and that this dangerous behavior should be banned immediately. Zeus heard this and felt that it made sense, and ordered Asclepius to stop healing humans.
But Asclepius believed that it was the duty of the physician to protect life, so he ignored Zeus' words and continued to heal mankind, reducing the mortality rate to zero. In desperation, Zeus killed Asclepius with lightning. Apollo, who lost his son, was very sad, and he vented all his resentment against Zeus on the cyclops Cook Lops, who made thunder.
Apollo and Cooklops
Zeus was furious and ordered Apollo to be imprisoned in Tartarus, but at Leto's repeated pleas, Zeus sent Apollo to Thessaly to serve King Admetos for a year, in charge of herding cattle and sheep. Zeus took pity on Asclepius' talent and goodness and raised him to the star and became Ophiuchus.
Apollo grazing
Between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, the Greek people began to worship the god Asclepius. On the island of Kos and the holy city in Asia Minor, a group of descendants of Asclepius were keen to spread medical skills and carry out medical education, and Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, also studied medicine here from an early age.
Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine
In 298 BC, a temple was built for Asclepius at Epidoros in the Peloponnese. Legend has it that if one slept in a temple, a divine doctor would appear in a dream and tell people how to cure the disease.
Dedicated to Asclepius
Did you know?
Asclepius was taken by Hermes from the womb of his mother, Kolonis, and arguably the first person born by "caesarean section".
Asclepius
The crow, which originally possessed white feathers, was cursed and turned black after accusing Apollo of Kolonis's adultery.
The white crow of Apollo
The emblems of many medical universities and institutions contain the serpent of the divine doctor Asclepius.
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