U-Asclepius ungunkulunkulu wokuphulukisa eGrisi lasendulo, futhi eRoma ubizwa ngokuthi u-Aesculapius. Ubaba wakhe ngu-Apollo, futhi unina ungoka-nymph Koronida, owabulawa ngenxa yokuhlukunyezwa. Kunezinguqulo eziningana zokuzalwa kuka-Asclepius. Ngokomunye wabo, uKoronida wamzalela wamshiya ezintabeni. Umntwana wathola futhi wondliwa yimbuzi, futhi elondolozwe yinja yakhe. Enye indlela - U-Apollo wanikela ngonkulunkulu ozayo wokuphulukisa kusukela eCoronides ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Wanikela ingane enkathini yaseChiron. Kungenxa yokuhlakanipha kwakhe ukuthi u- Asclepius waba udokotela.
Ulwazi mayelana nonkulunkulu wezokwelapha nokuphulukiswa
U-Asclepius uvame ukuboniswa njengendoda endala enesilevu. Esandleni sakhe uphethe abasebenzi, okuboshwe ngenyoka, okufanekisela ukuzalwa kabusha okuphakade. Ngendlela, lesi sici sibonakaliso semithi kanye nanamuhla.
Kunezinkondlo eziningana ezihlobene nale nyoka. Ngokomunye wabo, kuwuphawu lokuzalwa kabusha kokuphila. Kukhona nenganekwane ezithakazelisayo ukuthi lapho unkulunkulu wokuphulukisa u-Asclepius wamenyiwe eMinos ukuvusa indodana yakhe uGlaucus. Emsebenzini wabona inyoka wambulala. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, enye inyoka yavela, emlonyeni wayo. Ngosizo lwakhe, inyoka yavuswa, yabulawa. UNkulunkulu wasebenzisa utshani futhi wabuyisa uGlaucus ekuphileni. Ngemva kwalokho, inyoka yaba uphawu oluphawulekayo lwe-Asclepius.
Ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe ephumelelayo, wafa. Ukuhlonipha unkulunkulu wamaGreki namaRoma wokuphulukisa, kwakhiwa izithombe eziningi namathempeli, lapho izibhedlela zazihlala khona. U-Asclepius wayazi izinto zokwelapha zazo zonke izitshalo emhlabeni. Wayenakho ikhono lokuphulukisa ukugula kuphela, kodwa nokuvusa abantu abafile. Kungenxa yalokhu ukuthi onkulunkulu abakhulu base-Olympus, uZeus neHayidese, babengamthandi. Kufanelekile ukukhuluma ngamakhono okuhlinzeka ka-Asclepius. Wathola ama-antidotes kusukela ekulumeni kwezidalwa ezihlukahlukene, futhi waba udumo ngokusebenzisa amathunsa ekwelapheni izifo eziningi.