U-Asclepius ungunkulunkulu wokuphilisa eGrisi yamandulo, kwaye eRoma ubizwa ngokuthi nguAesculapius. Uyise nguApollo, kwaye unina nguNymph Koronida, owabulawa ngenxa yokunyanzela. Kukho iinguqulelo ezininzi zokuzalwa kuka-Asclepius. Ngokomnye wabo, uKoronida wazala waza wamshiya ezintabeni. Usana lufunyenwe kwaye londliwa yibhokhwe, kwaye lugcinwe yinja yakhe. Olunye ukhetho - uApollo walithatha unkulunkulu wexesha elizayo lokuphilisa eKoronides ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe. Wanikela umntwana kwiCongron centaur. Kwabububulumko bakhe u- Asclepius waba ngugqirha.
Ulwazi malunga nonqulo lweyeza kunye nokuphilisa
U-Asclepius wayedla ngokuba ngumdala omdala onesilevu. Esandleni sakhe unabasebenzi, ehlanganiswe ngenyoka, efanekisela ukuzalwa ngokutsha ngonaphakade. Ngendlela, le mfanelo yimiqondiso yeyeza kunye namhla.
Kukho iimbali ezininzi ezinxulumene nale nyoka. Ngokomnye wabo, luphawu lokuzalwa kwakhona kobomi. Kukho intsomi enomdla ukuba emva kokuba unkulunkulu ophilisa u-Asclepius wamenywa kwiMinos ukuba avuse unyana wakhe uGlaucus. Kwabasebenzi wabona inyoka waza wambulala. Ngokukhawuleza emva koko, enye inyoka yavela, emlonyeni wayo kwakukho ingca. Ngoncedo lwakhe, inyoka yavuswa, yabulawa. UThixo wasebenzisa utshani waza wabuyela uGlaucus ebomini. Emva koko, inyoka yaba uphawu oluphawulekayo lwe-Asclepius.
Ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe ephumelelayo, waba ngumntu ongafi. Ngozuko lwezithixo zamaGrike kunye namaRoma zokuphilisa, izidalwa kunye neetempileni ezahlukeneyo zadalwa, apho izibhedlele zazingekho. UAsclepius wayazi iipilisi zezilwanyana zonke izityalo emhlabeni. Wayenako ukuphulukisa kuphela ukugula, kodwa nokuvusa abantu abafileyo. Kungenxa yokokuba oothixo abakhulu baseOlimus, uZeus neHadesi, abazange bamthande. Kukwafanelekile ukukhankanya malunga nobuchule bokuhlinzwa njengo-Asclepius. Wafumanisa izidalwa ezidambisileyo ukusuka kwizilwanyana ezahlukahlukeneyo, waza waba udumo ngokusebenzisa iityhefu kunyango lwezifo ezininzi.