1000 Classical Characters Briefly Described

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Aesculapius

Known to the Greeks as Asclepius.

Son of Apollo and Coronis, or as some say of Apollo and Larissa, daughter of Phlegias, was the god of medicine. He married Epione and they had two sons, famous for their skill in medicine, Machaon and Podalirus; of their four daughters, Hygeia, goddess of health, is the most celebrated .

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