This periodic renewal has led to the snake being a symbol of healing and medicine, as pictured in the Rod of Asclepius. |
Then they sent a messenger to Asclepius asking him to come to Troizen. |
When the Greeks conquered Egypt they recognised in him attributes of their medicine god Asclepius, and continued to build temples to him. |
Lastly on the third terrace are the ruins of a major temple of Asclepius and the traces of a Hellenistic stoa. |
Asclepius carried a serpent wound around his wand, a symbol seen today on many ambulances. |
This was the reason why Asclepius and his sons practised no such art. |