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"The Evolution And Legacy Of Classical Greece" is a group dedicated to the discussion and study of the Greeks from their early migrations through their rise in power, as a culture, economic, and military force, to their ultimate decline. (ca. 800 BC to 167 BC) |
Pythagoras, and Hippocrates, the masters of Greek Science and Medicine
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 Asclepius, and some mysteries of medicine
Historical Thread
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Long before Hippocrates, Asclepius founded spas & sanatoria for healing the sick. But was he man or myth? His staff, encircled by a single snake, remains the world-wide symbol of medicine. But why the snake? And why are American doctors so slow to adopt it instead of their double-snake staff of Hermes, god of merchants and thieves, and conductor of the dead?
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Asclepius: Torn beween Life & Death, Right & Wrong? (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Mar 11, 2008 - 21:02 ) The Graces (* Demetrios Xanthippos, Mar 11, 2008 - 11:19 ) Asclepius vs Hermes? Life vs Death? (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Mar 10, 2008 - 21:35 ) I wonder... (* Demetrios Xanthippos, Mar 4, 2008 - 05:11 ) Hermes vs Asclepius? (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Mar 4, 2008 - 01:59 ) Asclepius and his family helping the sick (* DIonysia Xanthippos, Mar 2, 2008 - 00:11 )|
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