Asclepius Sightings
- Plutus by Aristophanes 381BC
In this ancient comedy, Plutus, the god of wealth, is healed of blindness in a temple of Asclepius.
- A Description of Greece by Pausanias 101 - 200
Get the low down on what it was like to visit an ancient temple of Asclepius from a dude who actually was there.
- The Metamorphoses by Ovid 101 - 200
Check out all the details of Asclepius' gory birth in this classic collection of mythological poems.
- Marvel Comics 2006
The god of medicine pops up to do some healing in the Marvel Universe, making his first appearance in Ares #4.
- God of War 2010
In the God of War comic book series, Kratos travels to the Spire of Asclepius in search of a cure for his plague-ridden daughter, Calliope.
- The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan 2011
In this book from the Heroes of Olympus series, Vitellus is a descendant of Asclepius and tries to fill his ancestor's shoes by becoming a medic.