ID: 901000305 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000305	Record Type: Character/Person

	Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity)

Note: Greco-Roman god of medicine, son of Apollo (god of healing, truth, and prophecy) and the mortal princess Coronis. The Centaur Chiron taught him the art of healing. At length Zeus (the king of the gods), afraid that Asclepius might render all men immortal, slew him with a thunderbolt. Apollo slew the Cyclopes who had made the thunderbolt and was then forced by Zeus to serve Admetus. Homer, in the Iliad, mentions him only as a skillful physician and the father of two Greek doctors at Troy.

Names:

	Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity) (Latin-P,D,N)
	Asklepios (Greco-Roman deity) (Greek-P,D,N)
	Asklepios (Greco-Roman deity) (English,U,N)
	Ασκληπιος (Greco-Roman deity) (Greek-P,D,N)
	Asclepius (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Asclepio (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Asclepiu (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Asklepi (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	阿斯克勒庇俄斯 (Greco-Roman deity) (Chinese-P,D,N)
	Esculapio (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	アスクレーピオス (Greco-Roman deity) (Japanese-P,D,N)
	Asklepij (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)
	Асклепије (Greco-Roman deity) (undetermined,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	parent of .... Hygieia
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Hygieia (Greek deity)) [901000306]

Other Relationships:

	deity of .... medicine (discipline)
	.....(health sciences, science (modern discipline), science and related disciplines, disciplines (concept), Disciplines (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Aesculapius (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Asklepios (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2015101384
	Ασκληπιος (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Asclepius (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 9 June 2017
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Asclepio (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Asclepiu (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Asklepi (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	阿斯克勒庇俄斯 (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Esculapio (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	アスクレーピオス (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Asklepij (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Асклепије (Greco-Roman deity)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)