Asklepios

Grc: Ἀσκληπιός - Egy: Imhotep - Lat: Aesculapius - En: Asclepius

Asclepius is a daimon of medicine and represents the entirety of the medical arts. He was associated with the Roman/Etruscan god Vediovis and the Egyptian Imhotep. He was one of Apollo's sons, sharing with Apollo the epithet Paian ("the Healer"). The Rod of Asclepius, a snake-entwined staff, is still invoked as a symbol of medicine today.
Those physicians and attendants who served this daimon were known as the Therapeutai of Asklepios (or Therapeutrides of Asklepios for all-female orders).

Divine Domains

Medicine and the medical arts.

Divine Symbols & Sigils

The Rod of Asklepios traditionally has a single single snake wrapped around it. In Modern times, this rod has come to be confused with the Kerukeion (Caduceus) of Hermes, which has two snakes and optional wings. Where the Rod represents medical practice, the Kerukeion is traditionally associated with trade, eloquence, negotiation, alchemy, wisdom, and controversially, thievery, lying, and the passage into the underworld.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Born to a mortal woman named Koronis, who died while pregnant and was laid out on the pyre to be consumed when her condition was recognized and the baby cut out of her corpse. Originally named Hepius, he was trained by Chiron in the healing arts, surpassed his teacher's ability, and received his new name of Asklepios after he cured Askles, ruler of Epidaurus, who suffered from an otherwise incurable blindness.

Education

Trained by Chiron in the arts of medicine. A follower of the medical aspects of Apollon. Received additional healing arts after a snake cleaned out his hears and allowed him to hear secret information that others can not.

Social

Family Ties

A son of Apollon who also holds healing in his portfolio. Asklepios's daughters are Hygieia (daimon of preventative health measures, cleanliness, and sanitation), Iaso (daimon of recuperation from illness), Akeso (daimon of the healing process), Aglaia (daimon of the glow of good health), and Panakea (the goddess of universal remedy).

Divine Classification

Daimon