Asklepios by Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim - 9780691281834

AsklepiosArchetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)\nAuthor(s): Carl Kernyi, Ralph Manheim\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691281834, 978-0691281834\nSynopsis\nA landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetype\n\nTo the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kernyi takes readers on a tour of the sacred sites of the Greek god of medicine to investigate the origins and archetypal significance of Asklepios as the divine physician. Drawing on mythology to trace the obscure beginnings of the cult, Kernyi argues that Asklepios was an aspect of his father, the god Apollo, closely associated with the light of rising sun and embodying the qualities of a healing deity. He shows how the Greeks revered Asklepios.