Aesculapius
Americannoun
noun
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A short walk along the Tiber and across the Ponte Fabricio footbridge lands you on Tiber Island, sacred to Aesculapius, the god of healing.
From New York Times • May 1, 2023
I swear by Apollo the physician and by Aesculapius, Hygeia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses .
From Time Magazine Archive
The tag bears the snake staff of Aesculapius and the words "Medic Alert."
From Time Magazine Archive
The one-snake staff of Aesculapius the healer�the official emblem of the American Medical Association�is obviously in conflict with the two-serpent caduceus of Mercury, the god of commerce.
From Time Magazine Archive
Achilles was his pupil and Aesculapius, the great physician; the famous hunter Actaeon, too, and many another.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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