Asclepius (disambiguation)
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Asclepius may refer to:
All of these can be spelled Asklepios or Asclepios, and the Latin for the god is Aesculapius.
- AsclepiusAsclepiusAsclepius is the God of Medicine and Healing in ancient Greek religion. Asclepius represents the healing aspect of the medical arts; his daughters are Hygieia , Iaso , Aceso , Aglæa/Ægle , and Panacea...
, the Greek god of medicine and healing - Asclepius of TrallesAsclepius of TrallesAsclepius of Tralles was a student of Ammonius Hermiae. Two works of his survive:*Commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics, books I-VII.*Commentary on Nicomachus' Introduction to Arithmetic...
, an Alexandrian scholar - 4581 Asclepius4581 Asclepius-External links:* from JPL /...
, an asteroid - Asclepius, a text in the Corpus Hermeticum (HermeticaHermeticaThe Hermetica are Greek wisdom texts from the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, mostly presented as dialogues in which a teacher, generally identified with Hermes Trismegistus or "thrice-greatest Hermes", enlightens a disciple...
) - A town in Pontus, now İskilipIskilipİskilip is a district of Çorum Province of Turkey, on the left bank of the River Kızılırmak, located at 56 km from the city of Çorum, 100 miles northeast of Ankara and 60 miles southeast of Kastamonu. It covers an area of 1,187 km², and the elevation is 2460 ft . Population is about 39,124 of...
, Turkey. - An ArgonautArgonautsThe Argonauts ) were a band of heroes in Greek mythology who, in the years before the Trojan War, accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Their name comes from their ship, the Argo, which was named after its builder, Argus. "Argonauts", therefore, literally means...
All of these can be spelled Asklepios or Asclepios, and the Latin for the god is Aesculapius.