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Asclepius was the god of healing and medicine and posessed also the power to raise dead people
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Asclepius holding a staff with his sacred serpent around it
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Who was Asclepius?
Asclepius was the son of the Olympian god Apollo and the beautiful mortal Coronis and one of the youngest gods in Greek Mythology. According to the ancient Greek belief, Asclepius was the personification of the ideal physician, alleviating mortals from their pains.
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