Bibliography

In the beginning the gods did what they could to keep the people healthy and alive. There were not many people that lived longer than thirty. Until Asclepius god of medicine and healing was born. Asclepius had a family, a few personal traits and unlike most gods died. First of, Asclepius never knew his mother. His mother was killed by Artemis the sister of Apollo. Apollo had found out that the mother of Asclepius had had an affair with Apollos child still in the womb. Apollo being furious had asked Artemis to punish her with death. On the deathbed of the Asclepius mother, Apollo pitted the unborn Asclepius and took him from the womb. Apollo took him to the wisest Chiron for and also learned his studies as a physician. Later, in his life he had six children three girls and three boys. Another thing you should know about Asclepius is his traits. His symbol was a snake on a rod pole. Few hospital organizations used this as their symbol. He was known physician along with his children being specialists in the wellbeing of humans. Last, Asclepius was killed by one of Zeuss had received news that Asclepius could rise the dead with his skills in the medicine section. Zeus thought that one day sinful men would avoid death altogether. So without any ones opinion to this matter killed him. When word reached Apollo of Asclepius death Apollo became

outraged and demanded that he put Asclepius in the constellation. As attribute to an unreasonable death. Over all, from Asclepius family of six, traits of himself, ad till death Asclepius had a very normal life as a god. Asclepius was a physician that had children and had his own temple. As a god he cared for the people and gave them a chance to be healthy.

"Asclepius."Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 1 Apr. 2009 <http://gme.grolier.com/cgi -bin/article? assetid=0018030-0>.

Asclepius last modified on 31st January 2000 (revison 2). 620 words. http://www.panthegon/articles/a/asclepius.html @ MCMXCV-MMVI Encyclopedia Mythica . All rights reserved

My Myth
It was said that the death of Asclepius was Apollos fault for taking him to be raised by the wisest Centaur. Although only two people who live to this day knows of why it was caused and who caused it. The day had started like any other day; Zeus was cheating on Hera as usual. Hera wanted to hurt Zeus the way he hurt her every time he cheated in her but could not do so. Many did not want to feel the wrath of Zeuss thunderbolt for having an affair with Hera. So instead Hera stayed in Olympus cleaning there home for the first time. When she came across a scroll that read Alive or Dead. Then Hera thought of a underhanded plot, to get back at Zeus in a cruel way. The next morning Hera left early in the morning to visit another god named Asclepius. When she came to him she went straight in with out even a knock with one thin in mind revenge. In the end she struggled to bar gin for what she needed to do to get back at her husband by exchanging the scroll for a night of his time. Of course Zeus paid his tribute to Asclepius, but blaming it all on the fact that he raise the dead and that it was unacceptable. Apollo outraged demanded a tribute for he had been planning on visiting his son that day but accidently listened in on the unexpected conversation. So till this very day only two people know of this wrong doing and the death of a god.

Asclepius