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Ἀσκληπιός

Ἀσκληπιός, Asclepius

Ἀσκληπιός, Dor. Ἀσκλᾱπιός, ὁ,
  • Asclepios, Il. 2.731, h.Hom. 16, etc.:— hence Ἀσκληπιάδης, ου, ὁ, son of Asclepios, Il. 4.204, al.: in pl., as a name for physicians, Thgn. 432, Pl. R. 405d: also Ἀσκληπίδης, ου, ὁ, in pl., S. Ph. 1333:—Ἀσκληπιασταί, Dor. Ἀσκλᾱπ-, οἱ, guild of worshippers of A., IG 2.617b, 12(1).162 (Rhodes), etc.:—Ἀσκληπιεῖον, τό, temple of Asclepios, Plb. 1.18.2, Str. 17.3.14; -ίεια, τά, festival of A., Pl. Ion 530a, IG 2.741 A a14, etc. (also Ἀσκληπίδεια ib. 5 (1).659 (Sparta)):—Ἀσκληπιακός, ή, όν, Aristid. Or. 47(23).58, Dam. Pr. 95:—Ἀσκληπιάδειος [στίχος], ὁ, metre employed by Ἀσκληπιάδης, POxy. 220 xiv 9, Heph. 10.3: also Ἀ., ὁ, physician of the school of Asclepiades, Gal. 11.794. (Ἀσκληπιοῦ is for -ῐόο in Il. 2.731. D. is said to have made it proparox. Ἀσκλήπιος, deriving it from ἤπιος, Plu. VOrat. 2.845b.)

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