The Homeric hymn to this figure mentions his birth "in the Dotian plain," and one myth asserts that he was born in his future cult center of Epidauros, where no one was allowed to die or give birth near the temple.
The Homeric hymn to this figure mentions his birth "in the Dotian plain," and one myth asserts that he was born in his future cult center of Epidauros, where no one was allowed to die or give birth near the temple. Another of this figure's major temples had a spa watered by the spring of King Halkon and was located at Kos. Like Erichthonius, Athena gave this figure two vials of blood drawn from the left and right veins of Medusa, one of which was lethal poison. He was born after being rescued from the funeral pyre of his pregnant mother Coronis, and one myth about his death suggests that he was killed for accepting a bribe to bring Hippolytus back to life. For 10 points, name this student of Chiron and son of Apollo, a great healer in Greek mythology.
The Homeric hymn to this figure mentions his birth "in the Dotian plain," and one myth asserts that he was born in his future cult center of Epidauros, where no one was allowed to die or give birth near the temple.
{Aesclepius} [accept {Aslāpio}s or {Aesculapius}]