Asklepios

Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence (Archetypal Images in Greek Religion, Volume 3)

By: Carl Kerenyi, Ralph Manheim (Translator)

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Hardcover | 14 April 2026

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A landmark account of the divine physician of the Greeks in myth and archetype

To the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In this book, acclaimed mythologist and historian of religion Carl Kerenyi takes readers on a tour of the sacred sites of the Greek god of medicine to investigate the origins and archetypal significance of Asklepios as the divine physician. Drawing on mythology to trace the obscure beginnings of the cult, Kerenyi argues that Asklepios was an aspect of his father, the god Appollo, closely associated with the light of rising sun and embodying the qualities of a healing deity. He shows how the Greeks revered Asklepios as the divine ancestor and prototype of mortal physicians and explores the role of the Asklepios archetype in modern psychology.

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