Asclepiads
In ancient Greece, families and people who traced their descent to the healing god Asklepios or his son Podaleirios or who appeared as their disciples referred to themselves as Asklepiads . They often tried to legitimize their medical activities in the broadest sense. Historical evidence of this is given by the Asklepiadeneid and especially the oath of Hippocrates . The doctors swore this oath when they began their profession. The famous medical figures of ancient Greece Hippocrates of Kos and Ktesias of Knidos also referred to the god of healing Asclepios.
There were Asclepiads in Trikka in Thessaly, Epidauros in the north-eastern Peloponnese, on the island of Rhodes and on the island of Kos and in the city of Knidos on the mainland opposite . There was a medical school in Knidos that rivaled that of Kos.
The physician Asklepiades of Bithynia from Prusa , however, only accepted the name as an honorary designation.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lamer, Hans and Kroh, Paul: Dictionary of antiquity . Alfred-Kröner-Verlag, Volume 96, Stuttgart 10 1995, Stw. Asklepios, Epidauros, Hippokrates, Heilkunde