Blessing:
Asklepios is even more concerned with health and healing than his father, Apollo. He comes to people in their dreams, and works miracle cures. He shows people how to live better lives, how to be more fit and energetic. Spiritual healing and psychology are also his concern. All of his skills he gladly shares with mankind, teaching them the secrets of health, and aiding them as they help their fellow men.
Epithets:
none
Symbols:
snake, staff
Animal(s):
snake
Sacrifices:
frankincense, cocks, votive gifts of clay
Primary Cult Center(s):
Messenia, Epidauros, Kos
Festivals:
Asklepiain: 8 Elaphebolion (March-April)
Epidauriain: Boedromion (September-October)
Ways to honor:
Live a healthy life. Be mindful of what you eat, and it's affects on your body. Exercize. Learn about vitamins and alternative medicine. Explore Reiki and incubation. Visit the sick. Donate time or money to medical research and treatment.
For more information:
Apollodorus' Library 3.10.3-4
Homer's Iliad 2.729-733,
Homeric Hymn to Asklepios 16
Hyginus' Poetica Astronomica 2.14
Ovid's Metamorphoses 15.533-546, 15.626-744
Pausanias' Description of Greece 2.26.3-10, 8.25.11
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