Asclepius

[ uh-sklee-pee-uhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Apollo and the ancient Greek god of medicine and healing, worshiped by the Romans as Aesculapius.

Asclepius

/ əˈskliːpɪəs /

noun

1. Greek myth a god of healing; son of Apollo Roman counterpartAesculapiusˌiːskjʊˈleɪpɪəs

Example Sentences

Noted in the writings of Asclepius, among others of the ancients.

From New York Times

Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, cured people by touching them.

From The Guardian

Sneed focused on the fourth century B.C.E., when sanctuaries to Asclepius proliferated.

From Science Magazine

The first was in those he taught: like the father of medicine, Asclepius, who in turn was said to have taught Hippocrates.

From Scientific American

To Price, his museum’s logo — the two flags separated by the Rod of Asclepius, a symbol of the Greek god of medicine and healing — no longer represented the broader story of the museum’s three outposts.

From Washington Post