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Posted by: jfirneno at Sat Feb 19 17:24:17 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jfirneno ] It's interesting to see the ambiguous position of snakes in Hellenic and specifically Apollonian tradition. Asklepios has knowledge and healing power from the snake and yet Apollo (Asklepios's father) occasionally uses serpents to injure or kill. Here's a passage where a snake sent by Apollo injures someone and only Apollo's grandsons can heal the wound. | ||
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