Asclepius
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Some people say that Asclepius, the god of medicine, was never a god at all. Instead, he was just a mortal man who just so happened to be the best doctor ever. Asclepius was so skilled at healing that he even figured out how to bring people back from the dead. (That's about as good as it gets.) Zeus, however, was not impressed with Asclepius' talent for zombie-making, and the king of the gods zapped the good doctor with a lightning bolt.
Basic Information
Name Asclepius
Nickname Dr. A
Sex Male
Current city The stars, the Underworld, or Olympus (depends on who you ask)
Work & Education
Occupation God of Medicine and Healing and/or Best Mortal Doctor Ever
Education Chiron's School of Healing
Beliefs
Political views I only care about healing everyone, no matter their allegiances.
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
Parents Apollo (Dad)
Corios (Mom)Siblings None
Children Hygeia (goddess of health)
Panaceia (goddess of cure-alls)
Aigle (goddess of radiant good health)
Iaso (goddess of cures)
Akeso (goddess of the process of healing)
Podaleirios (mortal son, legendary healer)
Machaon (mortal son, legendary healer)Friends Chiron
Enemies Nosoi (spirits of disease)
Relationships
Relationship status Married to Epione (goddess of soothing pain)
Interested in My lovely wife
Favorites
TV Shows Quotations "The poets did well to conjoin music and medicine, because the office of medicine is but to tune the curious harp of man's body."
– Francis Bacon Jr.
"Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal."
– Sir Thomas More
"Health is not valued till sickness comes."
– Thomas Fuller
"Heal the world.
Make it a better place.
For you and for me
And the entire human race."
– from "Heal the World" by Michael Jackson (me and Hygeia's song)
"You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one.
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one."
– from "Imagine" by John LennonBooks The Plague by Albert Camus
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy
"The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
"In the Waiting Room" by Elizabeth Bishop
Gray's Anatomy by Henry Gray
Oh, the Places You'll Go! by Dr. Seuss
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonMusic Imagine by John Lennon
Everybody Hurts by R.E.M
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
The Healer by John Lee Hooker and Santana
Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
Heal the World by Michael Jackson
Dr. Love by Kiss
Dr. Jones by Aqua (What can I say, I have a guilty pleasure…)Movies Patch Adams
Awakenings
Night of the Living Dead
How to Survive a Plague
The Waiting Room
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Gandhi
Life is BeautifulActivities & Interests
Likes Pharmacies
Universal healthcare
Hand sanitizerInterests Medicine
HealingGroups Doctors Without Borders
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Amnesty InternationalSpotter's Guide
What's the matter? Are you sick? Just wondering, because most people looking for Dr. Asclepius are hoping to take advantage of his famous healing hands. You'll know him when you see a distinguished gentleman with a thick grey beard and hair. The real give away is the staff he carries with a live snake twined around it. Don't worry, the snake isn't poisonous—at least, we don't think so.
Sex: Male
Age: Usually shown as a dignified older man
Build: Fit
Complexion: Healthy
Hair Color: White/grey
Facial Hair: Full beard
Scars/marks/tattoos: None
Jewelry and accessories: Staff entwined with a snake
Clothing: White robes
Armor: None
Type of Weapon: NoneTypical Companions:
Hygeia
Snakes
Sometimes dogsKnown Hangouts:
Temples of healing
Hospitals
The sky (as a constellation)Sightings
Jan 1, 1970
Plutus by Aristophanes
In this ancient comedy, Plutus, the god of wealth, is healed of blindness in a temple of Asclepius.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
A Description of Greece by Pausanias
Get the low down on what it was like to visit an ancient temple of Asclepius from a dude who actually was there.
Dec 20, 2019 - Dec 20, 2019
The Metamorphoses by Ovid
Check out all the details of Asclepius' gory birth in this classic collection of mythological poems.
Dec 20, 2019
Marvel Comics
The god of medicine pops up to do some healing in the Marvel Universe, making his first appearance in Ares #4.
Dec 20, 2019
God of War
In the God of War comic book series, Kratos travels to the Spire of Asclepius in search of a cure for his plague-ridden daughter, Calliope.
Dec 20, 2019
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
In this book from the Heroes of Olympus series, Vitellus is a descendant of Asclepius and tries to fill his ancestor's shoes by becoming a medic.