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Asclepius

also: Ἀσκληπιός

God of healing, son of Apollo and the mortal Coronis; Hymn 16 calls him 'a great joy to men, a charmer-away of cruel pains.'

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Mentioned in 2 works (8 mentions)

The Iliad poem · 6 mentions
The Homeric Hymns poem · 2 mentions

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