Greek Gods & Goddesses Influence on Health
Zeus
- Father of Apollo & Artemis
Apollo
- Brother to Artemis
- God of the sun
- Associated with music, prophecy
and healing
Artemis
- Sister to Apollo
- Ability to banish illness
Asclepius
- Apollo's son
- God of Medicine, and Healing
- Name means to "cut open"
- Killed by Zeus'
- People worshipped him when sick
- Temples were created in his name
- These places are what we now what we call hospitals
- Epione- Asclepius's wife (Goddess of Pain Relief
Asclepius's Daughters
Hygeia
Iaso
Aigle
Akeso
Panakeia
Asclepius's Son
So What is the Greek God & Goddesses Influence on Health
- They helped formed what we now know as hospitals
- Created awareness of illness
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