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|lshtext=<b>Aescŭlāpĭus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἀσκληπιός]], acc. to [[fable]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[son]] of [[Apollo]] and the [[nymph]] [[Coronis]], deified [[after]] his [[death]] on [[account]] of his [[great]] [[knowledge]] of [[medicine]], Cic. N. D. 3, 22; Cels. 1 praef. He had a [[temple]] at [[Rome]], on the [[island]] in the [[Tiber]]. Upon the [[kind]] of [[worship]] paid to him, and his attributes, v. [[Festus]], p. 82. Huic gallinae immolabantur, id. ib. The [[principal]] [[seat]] of his [[worship]] in [[Greece]] [[was]] [[Epidaurus]]. In his [[temple]] [[there]] [[was]] a [[magnificent]] [[statue]] of [[ivory]] and [[gold]], the [[work]] of Thrasymedes, in [[which]] he [[was]] represented as a [[noble]] [[figure]], resembling [[that]] of [[Zeus]]. He [[was]] [[seated]] on a [[throne]], holding in one [[hand]] a [[staff]], and [[with]] the [[other]] resting on the [[head]] of a [[dragon]] ([[serpent]]), and by his [[side]] [[lay]] a [[dog]]. There were also [[other]] representations, one [[even]] as [[beardless]], [[very]] [[common]] at an earlier [[period]], Müll. Archaeol. d. Kunst, S. 534 and 535. Serpents, prob. as symbols of [[prudence]] and [[renovation]]. were [[everywhere]] [[connected]] [[with]] his [[worship]]; cf. Spreng. Gesch. d. Medic. 1, 205.!*? Adj.: [[anguis]] [[Aesculapius]], Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 72. | |lshtext=<b>Aescŭlāpĭus</b>: i, m., = [[Ἀσκληπιός]], acc. to [[fable]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[son]] of [[Apollo]] and the [[nymph]] [[Coronis]], deified [[after]] his [[death]] on [[account]] of his [[great]] [[knowledge]] of [[medicine]], Cic. N. D. 3, 22; Cels. 1 praef. He had a [[temple]] at [[Rome]], on the [[island]] in the [[Tiber]]. Upon the [[kind]] of [[worship]] paid to him, and his attributes, v. [[Festus]], p. 82. Huic gallinae immolabantur, id. ib. The [[principal]] [[seat]] of his [[worship]] in [[Greece]] [[was]] [[Epidaurus]]. In his [[temple]] [[there]] [[was]] a [[magnificent]] [[statue]] of [[ivory]] and [[gold]], the [[work]] of Thrasymedes, in [[which]] he [[was]] represented as a [[noble]] [[figure]], resembling [[that]] of [[Zeus]]. He [[was]] [[seated]] on a [[throne]], holding in one [[hand]] a [[staff]], and [[with]] the [[other]] resting on the [[head]] of a [[dragon]] ([[serpent]]), and by his [[side]] [[lay]] a [[dog]]. There were also [[other]] representations, one [[even]] as [[beardless]], [[very]] [[common]] at an earlier [[period]], Müll. Archaeol. d. Kunst, S. 534 and 535. Serpents, prob. as symbols of [[prudence]] and [[renovation]]. were [[everywhere]] [[connected]] [[with]] his [[worship]]; cf. Spreng. Gesch. d. Medic. 1, 205.!*? Adj.: [[anguis]] [[Aesculapius]], Plin. 29, 4, 22, § 72. | ||
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|georg=Aesculāpius, ī, m. ([[Ἀσκληπιός]]), [[Sohn]] Apollos u. der [[Nymphe]] Koronis, Chirons [[Schüler]] in der [[Heilkunde]] u. [[Jagd]], [[von]] der Epione [[Vater]] [[des]] [[Podalirius]] u. [[Machaon]] (s. Cels. 1. praef. § 5. Dict. 1, 4), [[nach]] seinem Tode [[als]] Schlangenträger (Ὀφιοῦχος, [[Ophiuchus]], lat. [[Anguitenens]], Hyg. astr. 2, 14 p. 380 [sqq.] ed. Muncker) [[unter]] die Gestirne versetzt u. [[wegen]] seiner großen medizin. Kenntnisse [[als]] [[Gott]] der [[Heilkunde]] verehrt, [[vornehmlich]] zu [[Epidaurus]] (Solin. 7, 10), [[von]] wo er [[während]] der [[Pest]] um 293 v. Ch. [[auf]] den [[Ausspruch]] der sibyllinischen Bücher [[hin]] [[nach]] Rom geholt wurde, in der Äskulap- od. Heilschlange ([[anguis]] [[Aesculapius]], Plin. 29, 72), die [[bei]] der [[Landung]] an dem Tiber aus dem Schiffe [[auf]] die Tiberinsel sprang, wo [[man]] [[dann]] [[auch]] [[sogleich]] [[einen]] Äskulap-[[Tempel]] erbaute, in dem der Äskulapdienst und seine Heilungen ausgeübt wurden, Liv. 10, 47, 7. Val. Max. 1, 8, 2. Lact. 2, 7, 13. Ov. [[met]]. 15, 622 sqq.: Aesculapii [[aedes]] [[vetus]], Varr. LL. 7, 57: Aesculapii [[fanum]], Cic. Verr. 4, 93. Aur. Vict. [[vir]]. ill. 22, 3: Aesculapii [[templum]], Tac. ann. 4, 14: Aesculapii [[sacellum]], Solin. 7, 10. – Bes. [[heilig]] war ihm die [[Schlange]], [[teils]] [[als]] [[Bild]] der [[sich]] verjüngenden [[Lebenskraft]], [[teils]] [[als]] [[Symbol]] [[des]] ärztlichen Scharfblicks (Epidaurius [[anguis]] b. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 3, 27): [[sein]] gewöhnliches Attribut ist der knotige [[Stab]] [[mit]] der [[Schlange]] und die [[Schale]]. – / Plur. [[tres]] od. [[plures]] Aesculapii, Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 57. Arnob. 4, 15. Tert. apol. 14. | |||
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