Asclepiad (Greek)

Asclepiad (Greek)

It is uncertain as to who an Asclepiad was. Some theories hold that they were priests of an Asclepion in ancient Greece. Harvnb|Rutkow|1993|p=21 ] The Asclepiadae could also have been a guild in honour of Asclepius, the Greek god of healing, separate from the healing temples and closely related to Hippocratic tradition. It may also be a group of people who claimed to be descended from Asclepius. Harvnb|Jones|1868|p=39 ]

ee also

*Hippocrates, who was raised as an Asclepiad.

References

Bibliography

* Harvard reference
Surname1 = Jones
Given1 = W. H. S.
Year = 1868
Title = Hippocrates Collected Works I
Publisher = Cambridge Harvard University Press
URL = http://daedalus.umkc.edu/hippocrates/HippocratesLoeb1/page.ix.php
.

* Harvard reference
Surname1 = Rutkow
Given1 = Ira M.
Year = 1993
Title = Surgery: An Illustrated History
Publisher = Elsevier Science Health Science div
Place = London and Southampton
ISBN = 0-801-6-6078-5


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